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at ten o clock reeta chakrabarti will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, social media, anti social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media, this week with joe tidy. hello. scenes of violence in northern ireland, threats to journalists, attacks on cameramen. the key question many news rooms are asking right now, how do we cover what s happening in belfast? there s been criticism about the slow uptake from london based newsrooms. so what are reporters on the ground who have been covering this for decades think? how are they navigating the volatile story and protecting their staff? plus french media giant banijay licenses many of the uk s favourite tv shows from masterchef to peaky blinders. so what s their role in determining the tv we all watched? let me introduce you today s guests. noel doran is editor of the irish news, a daily newspaper based in belfast. susan breen is political editor for the belfast ....
keeping up with the kardashian to masterchef. so cathy, what is next best thing you are cooking up at the moment? well, put me right on the spot with that question there. i think that banijay is a huge company, 120 production companies across 20 territories. we have in terms of cooking shows and what we are cooking up at the moment, i think as you know, we ve got a masterchef finale. i would say on the theme of cooking masterchef is a global phenomenon. it s produced all around the world. it s about real people, real food and is a fantastic reflection of culture everywhere. let s start with the scenes of violence that have been playing out in the streets of belfast and other towns in northern ireland. almost 90 police officers have been injured as protesters, mainly teenagers, threw petrol bombs and fireworks. the riots began in loyalist areas of belfast. they ve been broadly linked to anger over controversial republican funeral and the irish seaboard imposed as part of ....
the new campaign is on monday against manchester united. it boosted gary o neill s standing in the game and i think wolves have decided that s the way to go. it s interesting because in recent times, we especially samco, wolves have gone down the managerial group. santo. now they re finally going to have an english guy in charge which will be interesting to see how it goes. so, wolves have been quiet in the transfer market, but it appears that west ham are the opposite today. they ve agreed fees for both southampton captainjames ward prowse and manchester united defender harry maguire. the england international had slipped down the pecking order at old trafford under erik ten hag, who took the captaincy off maguire at the start of preseason. west ham have had a £30 million offer accepted. it s not thought personal terms will be a problem, although they haven t yet been agreed. while ward prowse will also cost west ham around £30 million. he s started the championsh ....
home secretary did not break ministerial rules in the way she handled a speeding offence last year. the baby boy murdered by his parents on christmas day three years ago it s emerged finley boden was returned to them more quickly than social workers wanted. and welcome to the world of unified football where players with intellectual disabilities are part of the team. and coming up on bbc news. valencia are punished with a five match partial stadium closure over the racial abuse suffered by real madrid s vinicius junior this weekend. good afternoon. inflation the rate that prices are going up has fallen below 10% for the first time since last august. in the year to march, inflation was 10.1%. figures out today show that last month it slowed down to 8.7%. so prices are still rising but at a slower rate than before. part of the reason for that is a drop in the wholesale cost of energy though food price inflation is still close to a as year high. here s our econ ....
# i m dreaming ofa # i m dreaming of a white christmas. we meet the members of the choir for people with dementia to find out how it s bringing relief and joy at the festive season. good morning. iam in i am in covent garden, where we will see a white christmas later on this morning. for most of us the forecast is a cloudy one with rain around, especially wales and central england, some brightness in the north, but even here later, some showery rain. details later in the programme. good morning. it s monday, the 18th of december. hamas officials say at least 90 palestinians have been killed in israeli air strikes on the jabalia refugee camp in gaza. it comes ahead of a vote by the un security council later today, calling for an urgent ceasefire in the territory. meanwhile, humanitarian aid has entered gaza directly from israel for the first time in more than two months, at the kerem shalm crossing. pictures released yesterday, showed aid vehicles entering through the city ....