are gathering on the streets on london for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at white bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big story in bristol today? so, today i ve been visiting bristol s newly repainted rainbow crossing, just painted in time for our city s pride celebrations. so we ve got a brand new rainbow crossing on wine street. sounds fantast
with a funding gap of £500 million. the result has been a series of budget cuts, the latest of which hit the news division on wednesday. although more money is being put into digitaljournalism and some broadcast services are being expanded the news at one doubling in length to an hour, for instance elsewhere, savings are being made. newsnight is losing half its staff, shortening its duration, and instead of the current magazine format with filmed reports and investigations, will become an interview, debate and discussion show. gabriel gatehouse, a former correspondent on the programme, had this response. but viewer david wright pointed out. while terry pearson questioned the thinking behind this week s changes. well, we ll be discussing the logic behind wednesday s announcement in a moment. but first, if this is the end of newsnight as we know it, what exactly is being lost without any dedicated correspondents and i should say, i was one of them in the 1990s or a bud
Jazz, visitors head back to the 19205 jazz, visitors head back to the 1920s when music and style defines the era. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News. Its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. Is is facing all out war on severalfronts. City of raqqa. Is is facing all out war on several fronts. Across the border in iraqi troops have taken most of the city of mosul but not in time to save the famous mosque. In raqqa us backed fighters at the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse is on the frontline and sent this report. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa canal, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have only just retake Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have Onlyjust Retake in these streets after fighters h
Jazz, visitors head back to the 19205 jazz, visitors head back to the 1920s when music and style defines the era. Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is Bbc World News. Its newsday. Good morning. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 2am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. Is is facing all out war on severalfronts. City of raqqa. Is is facing all out war on several fronts. Across the border in iraqi troops have taken most of the city of mosul but not in time to save the famous mosque. In raqqa us backed fighters at the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse is on the frontline and sent this report. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa canal, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have only just retake Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have Onlyjust Retake in these streets after fighters h
Live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. Its newsday. Good morning. Its 8am in singapore, iam in london, and 3am in the last stronghold of so called Islamic State, the syrian city of raqqa. The extremists are facing all out war on several fronts now. Across the border, iraqi troops have re taken most of the city of mosul, but not in time to save the famous mosque there. In raqqa, us backed fighters of the Syrian Democratic forces are close to pushing is out. Our correspondent, gabriel gatehouse, and cameraman, fred scott, are with the sdf on the frontline, and sent this exclusive report from raqqa. This has been a long and brutal road. We are inside raqqa now, driving to the centre of the Syrian Democratic forces, the sdf, a Coalition Of Kurds and arabs. They have onlyjust retaken this street from fighters that called themselves Islamic State. Here is is often unseen but all the more dangerous for it. A noise in the sky signals the presence of a drone. Wha