even a below inflation increase after that, which will be essentially a fairly hefty cut, again, in the bbc s funding. but then, of course, there is the wider point, which is throwing open the question of the future of the licence fee based around the ownership of televisions. she says, time to discuss and debate new ways of funding. well, this has been going on for a long time, and the biggest problem about it is some people say, why can t it be just like netflix? a subscription service. the question is, how do you stop people watching, millions watching on free to air tv and listening on free to air radio? a subscription bbc would be a very different bbc to the one today. australia and new zealand are sending help to the pacific island nation of tonga, to assess the damage caused by an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami. the island appears to have been covered in volcanic ash and communications have been limited. rupert wingfield hayes reports. from high up in space, weather
be the last. the days of the elderly being threatened with prison sentences and bailiffs knocking on the doors are over. this licence fee announcement, endorsing a story in the mail on sunday suggesting the bbc licence fee will be frozen for the next two years and then small increases after that, which will be further hefty cuts to the bbc s funding. the wider issue about the licence fee itself, there have been many questions about how long it will last, the current charter goes until the end of 2027. could the bbc be run like netflix on a subscription? what about the millions who watch free to air tv and free to air radio? you would have to have big changes, subscription bbc would be very different. of course, borisjohnson the prime minister was asked this in question time last week. he didn t suggest that he was in favour of getting rid of the licence fee and described the bbc as a great
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VIENNA, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Austrian hairdressers reopened for the first time in more than six weeks on Monday as a national lockdown loosened, but new rules including a coronavirus test requirement for customers ruffled some.
Despite stubbornly high infection numbers, the conservative-led government let schools and non-essential shops reopen on Monday, arguing that the economic and social toll of lockdown would otherwise be too great.
With the lockdown loosening came new rules aimed at slowing the spread of the virus. Shops can only have one customer for every 20 square metres of floor space at a time. For hairdressers it is half that, but customers must show a negative coronavirus test no more than 48 hours old.
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London-based premium factual programming producer-distributor Parade Media is to distribute globally Derelict Rescue by Air TV.
Derelict Rescue is new ten-part series following Britain’s most ambitious home builders as they take on some of the country’s most rundown abandoned buildings. From crumbling railways stations to abandoned RAF bases, disused lighthouses to imposing water towers, across Britain dozens of enthusiastic self-builders with ambition, skill and passion are hard at work turning unloved and neglected relics of history into unique family homes.
Derelict Rescue is produced by UK indie Air TV for Discovery’s HGTV and discovery+. The series will deliver late in 2021 and be distributed globally by Parade Media.
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