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Newshour. Newshour is BBC World Service 's flagship international news and current affairs radio programme, which is broadcast twice daily: weekdays at 1400, weekends at 1300 and nightly at 2100 (UK time). There is also an additional online programme at 20:00 on weekdays. Occasionally the programme can run for three hours during major breaking ...
4 November – BBC News launches a full-time online news service, having already created special websites for the 1995 budget as well as this year's general election and the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. 6 November – Labour hold the Paisley South by-election despite a swing of 11.3% to the SNP.
BBC World Service Logo used since 2022 Type Radio broadcasting news, speech, discussions, state media Country United Kingdom Availability Worldwide Headquarters Broadcasting House, London Broadcast area Worldwide Owner BBC Key people Liliane Landor Launch date 19 December 1932 ; 91 years ago (1932-12-19) Former names BBC Empire Service BBC Overseas Service External Services of the BBC Webcast ...
Breaking news, also called late-breaking news, a special report, special coverage, or a news flash, is a current issue that warrants the interruption of a scheduled broadcast in order to report its details. News broadcasters also use the term for continuing coverage of events of broad interest to viewers, attracting accusations of ...
21 April – BBC News 24 and BBC World are renamed BBC News and BBC World News respectfully. 22 September – The launch of BBC Alba sees the first edition of a new Scottish Gaelic news bulletin An Là. 2009. 12 January – Strictly Money, a business news programme for UK and Irish viewers, launches on CNBC Europe. Initially launched as a ...
World News Today was a current-affairs news programme, produced by BBC News that was presented on Friday-Sundays with Philippa Thomas, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera. Presenters alternated the weekend shifts. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to ...
This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from January 2022. January 1, 2022 (Saturday) edit. history. watch. Armed conflicts and attacks. Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry survives an assassination attempt when shooters opened fire at a ceremony celebrating the country's independence anniversary in a church in the city ...
On the same day, the BBC Television Service is renamed BBC1. 21 April – BBC2 begins its scheduled broadcasting, its first programme is the children's series Play School which would run until 1988. 29 April – All schools in Aberdeen are closed following 136 cases of typhoid being reported. 1 May – Princess Margaret gives birth to a baby girl.