Part of the country, and to agaIn quote, reach out to nonmetropolItan audIences beyond london and engagement In our natIonal conversatIon, well, the Impact of covId and movements lIke ExtInctIon RebellIon or black lIves matter, those storIes are better told If everyone has an equal stake In them, IrrespectIve of where they lIve. So what does It mean to have a non London BIas when you are reportIng the news . The market for producIng local news Is as tough as Its ever been. So, how do you do It . Today we hear from four people about theIr new approaches to reportIng across the uk. Let me Introduce them to you. Lorna wIllIs Is In norwIch and has been ceo of the regIonal and local News PublIsher Archant sInce march. NIck mItchell Is In edInburgh and he Is edItor of the new websIte natIonalworld a News SIte by regIonal reporters. He Is Involved In a serIes of new CIty WebsIte and has prevIously from the scotsman. Ifan morganjones In bangor and In 2017 founded natIon. Com an EnglIsh Languag
At ten Oclockjane Hill will be here with a full round up of the days news. First the media show. Hello. To tell the story of the uk more fairly and more equitably there need to be more reporting voices outside london. That seems to be the journalistic mood of the Moment. The bbc in march announced plans to shift focus from the capital and i quote in a commitment to better reflect represent and serve all parts of the country. And when Gb News launched it promising voices from every part of the country and to again quote reach out to nonmetropolitan audiences beyond london and engagement in our national conversation. Well, the impact of covid and movements like Extinction Rebellion or black lives matter, those stories are better told if everyone has an equal stake in them irrespective of where they live. So what does it mean to have a non London Bias when you are reporting the news . The market for producing local news is as tough as its ever been. So how do you do it . Today we hear fro
manchester united forward marcus rashford has described receiving racist abuse last night as humanity and social media at its worst . rashford, who was awarded an mbe last year for his work fighting child food poverty, received multiple racist messages on instagram after his sides goalless draw with arsenal. on his twitter account, rashford said. accountability, it s as simple as that. you know, in my opinion, the platforms that be, whether it s instagram and twitter, i need them to show me these people and that ll tell me they re doing enough, they re doing everything they possibly can to bring some justice. but they re not the law, this should be a matter for the law. it should be a law. should be something they re doing hand in hand. how much do they care, deep down, how much do they really care? it ll be the blue half of manchester waking up the happier this morning, as city extended their lead at the top of the premier league. they weren t at their best against bottom
by hospital emergency departments in wales. in the next hour, we ll also be looking at the situation in scotland and northern ireland. a guitar teacher one of many tenants evicted because of rent arrears during the pandemic despite a promise covid wouldn t leave anyone without a home. and coming up, great excitement at london s natural history museum as an unusual dinosaur fossil is revealed to be the remains of a new ankylosaur specimen. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the government says more energy firms may go bust over the next few weeks. already one and a half million energy customers are being switched to new, potentially more expensive suppliers because so many companies have gone out of business, including, in the last hour, utility point. it s 220,000 customers have been transferred to edf. the collapse follows a huge rise in the cost of wholesale gas. in a separate development, bp says its experiencing fuel supply issues at some of its petrol stations,