Hello, and welcome if you are joining. In the past 20 minutes lets get more on the new mutation of covid i9. Earlier the bbc asked chief scientist for world approvalfrom the approval from the ema and approvalfrom the ema and it approval from the ema and it needs to be signed off by the European Commission, but it looks like its going to go ahead very quickly. Precisely, you could also all breathe the collection hear a collective sigh of relief at this news. The director has just made the announcement. She said it was a historical an historic achievement. They achieved in ii weeks, she said, what usually takes a year or more, weeks, she said, what usually takes a year oi more, and weeks, she said, what usually takes a year or more, and really throughout the course of this announcement which is still going on here at the ema, they have been very determined to focus on safety, and the need to reassure the public as this is rolled out across the continent. She said it would not be a silver
This is bbc news, the headlines the Italian Government is preparing to introduce radical new restrictions in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus. In a draft decree published in the italian press, the restrictions could include preventing all but emergency travel in and out of the worst affected region, lombardy. All 3,500 people on board the grand princess cruise ship, lying off the coast of san francisco, are being tested for coronavirus. 21 passengers and crew earlier tested positive for the disease. The authorities will bring the ship to a non commercial port and quarantine people there. The turkish president , recep tayyip erdogan, has ordered his countrys coast guard to prevent migrants crossing the aegean to greek islands. Pressure continues at turkeys land border, where thousands of young men some from syria but most from elsewhere are attempting to get to europe. Now on bbc news, a look at the past, present and future of local radio in the village loudspeaker. And la
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Signed a peace deal with the us. At ten oclock Reeta Chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, its an industry that has undergone many changes and continues to evolve, but is local radio still truly local and relevant in britain today . Lets take a look at the medium that was once affectionately known as the village loudspeaker. And large number of presenters and staff will no longer be required. Its quite a sad situation around the country. The work of local is being taken out of local radio. That person you listen to is your best friend. Djs and the radio industry have united in their shock and disbelief. It is the media cockroach, everyone has said its going to die and it just keeps going. Over the last decade, studios across the region have closed. That niche that local radio held is probably gone. The headlines. Lancashires oldest commercial Radio Station is to close it studios preston. There will be people that probably have no idea what local radio r