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for sir salman rushdie, authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the city s public library to read his works and pay tribute. and now on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your mind back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watt s divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 mill ....
a new dual covid vaccine will form part of the uk s autumn booster campaign the jab targets both the original covid and omicron variants. and, at last, an apology for the native american actress, booed off stage at the oscars, almost 50 years ago. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. new figures suggest the real value of wages, has fallen at its fastest rate since records began, leading to further concerns about the cost of living. the office for national statistics says regular pay, excluding bonuses, was up 4.7% between april and june this year, compared to last year. but taking inflation into account, it s actually down 3%, hit by the rising cost of goods and services. the government says it recognises people are struggling with high prices, but is providing direct financial help for millions on low incomes. here s our economics correspondent, andy verity. from the outside, 4.7% is the best average pay rise for years. but the inside story is the average worker i ....
today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? i m joined by sir phil redmond, creator of three of the biggest british soaps of all time grange hill, brookside and hollyoa ks. daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, who s been farming, flirting and digging into his wife s venison pie for a whopping 47 years as brian in the archers. welcome to you all and thanks for coming on the show. phil, if we start with you, all the big soaps eastenders, coronation street, emmerdale have seen huge drops in audience numbers in recent years. you ve criticised soaps for not tackling big social issues like they used to. do you think it s the en ....
nearby and here stateside, nearby and here stateside, republican primaries have the attention of washington and bedminsterashi. nn iter looks like we already have winners, if you can believe itt or not, in missouri and inls michigan. h and the polls have just closed in arizona. gh now this hour, hour is going to be a high wire act as we bringal you alll of these breaking stories. but we begin tonighth with threats and truth. that is the focus of tonight s angle. five years ago, speaker gingrich with the taiwan. itwr was a completely wrong. the u.s. should draw a lesson f rofrom instead of making repeate the mistakes it s now. well, let me just tell you one thing, 10:00 a.m. in taiwan and to her credit, nancy, pelosi didn t back down when china essentially threatened to shoot s her plane out of the skt now 1 she s been on the ground for, what, about 12 hours or so landing here just after ten , thirty a.m. eastern today. we re going to bring e you news about the specifi ....