Radio News Report
Requirements
- Must be exactly 2 minutes long
- Must contain a ‘big’ news story, a political story, a regional news story a sports story and finally an entertainment story.
BIG NEWS STORY – Mark Duggan jury to hear gun evidence
POLITICAL STORY – Tony Blair’s daughter held at gunpoint
REGIONAL STORY – Oldbury Primary School pupils term start delayed
SPORT STORY – Europe gives backing to winter World Cup
ENTERTAINMENT STORY – Mark Wahlberg graduates from High School
Script – 12th December 2013
Hi, I’m Josh Wright and this is your two minute news bulletin at 1 o’clock.
Jurors at the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan have been told they will hear evidence about whether a gun found by police 10 to 20 feet away from where the shooting took place was “planted” by police.
Duggan was shot in August 2011 and his killing sparked riots across the country. Police say the officer who shot Duggan was acting in “self – defence”. After intelligence suggested Duggan had a gun in his posession. The jury will hear evidence from a woman known as “Miss J” who will give evidence to the jury which they will explore to see if it suggests if an office planted the weapon. The inquest continues today.
Tony Blair’s daughter, Kathryn, has been held at gun point by near her home whilst she was walking her dogs with her boyfriend. The muggers fleed empty handed. The pair had spent the weekend with Kathryn’s parents Tony and Cherie in Buckinghamshire for Evan Blair’s wedding to Suzanne Ashman.
Hundreds of children have missed the first two weeks of of the school term after building work delays. Work on Brandhall Primary School in Oldbury hasn’t been completed leaving 280 pupils with a classroom. Sandwell Council say the work was done by private contractors and that it’s not their fault.
European countries have agrees ro support a move for a Winter World Cup in 2022 in Qatar. 54 UEFA associations agreed at a meeting in Croatia. Fifa’s executive committee is now expected to agree in principle to move the World Cup to Winter at it’s meeting in Zurich on October 3rd and 4th.
And finally, Hollywood star Mark Wahlberg has graduated from High School 27 years after he dropped out at only 14 years old.
That’s your 2 minute bulletin, I’ll be back at 2 for your next one.
Updated Script – 1st May 2014
HEADLINE – Stuart Hall admits one indecent assault charge.
REGIONAL – Birmingham ‘Trojan Horse’ school governor accuses Ofsted of bias.
POLITICAL – UKIP now party of protest says Clegg.
ENTERTAINMENT – Star Wars Episode VII cast revealed.
SPORT – Liverpool give up 3-0 lead to Crystal Palace, damaging their title hopes.
Script
Hi, I’m Josh Wright and this is your news bulletin at 1 o’clock.
The former It’s a Knockout presenter Stuart Hall has admitted to one count of indecent assault on a girl under 16 years of age.
The broadcaster replied “guilty” when he was asked how he pleaded to the allegation that he indecently assaulted a 16 year old girl between 26th January 1978 and January 1st 1979.
The 84 year old denied the other 20 charges against him which include 15 counts of rape and 5 counts of indecent assault which allegedly taken place between 1976 to 1981.
The trial will begin when legal have concluded and the trial is to start on all the allegations Hall has pleaded innocent too. The trial is expected to last seven days.
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg has said UKIP has taken the Lib Dems place as the protest party.
This came as the Deputy Prime Minister launched his parties local election campaign.
He told voters “don’t support us simply to stick two fingers to the others”.
He condemned UKIP of “scaring everyone witless” and “indulging in dangerous fantasies”. He also claimed UKIP revelled in its “Britains protest party” status.
A poll at the weekend for European elections had UKIP on 29%, Labour on 26%, the Conservatives on 23% and the Lib Dems on 10%.
In the Midlands, the governor of Golden Hillock school in Sparkbrook, Mohammed Ashraf, has accused Ofsted inspector of having a ‘narrow agenda’ when they questioned pupils and staff.
The school is being investigated as part of a probe into the Trojan Horse plot along with another 24 schools.
Mr Ashraf claims there had been an “unusual” emphasis on things such as the teaching of sex education and prayer during the schools inspection.
He insists the school wasn’t judged on the same playing field as other schools in the country.
Mr Ashraf is worried that the publicity of the Trojan Horse would dishearten Muslim parents from becoming Governors.
Ofsted said all of its inspections were “completely fair”.
The Department for Education and Birmingham City Council have also launched their own investigations into the claims.
The cast for the latest episode of the Star Wars saga has been announced which included British actors John Boyega, Domhall Gleeson and relatively unknown Daisy Ridley getting her break in the sci-fi epic. The cast also includes performance capture master Andy Serkis. The original cast of Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher also come back to reprise their roles from the original trilogy.
In sport, Liverpool have had another damaging blow in their title challenge as they gave up a three nil in their match against Crystal Palace. All of Palace’s goals came in the last 11 minutes leaving striker, Luis Suarez, in tears at the end of the game. Man City are now favourites for the title.
That’s your news update 12 o’clock, I’ll be back at 6 for your next big update.
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Sources
http://news.sky.com/story/1256182/ukip-now-party-of-protest-says-nick-clegg
http://news.sky.com/story/1256096/stuart-hall-admits-one-indecent-assault-charge
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-27290877
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Script – 22nd January 2015
BIG NEWS STORY – ECB Pulls Trigger On Quantitative Easing
POLITICAL STORY – Former Home Secretary Leon Brittain Dies aged 75
REGIONAL STORY – PC Cleared over Birmingham Student Crash Death
SPORT STORY – Premier League Dominates Football Rich List
ENTERTAINMENT STORY – Rihanna Wins Lawsuit against Topshop
Hi, I’m Joshua Wright and this is you’re 2 minute bulletin at 12 o’clock.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed a €1.1tn stimulus scheme aimed at halting the eurozone’s slide towards economic stagnation.
The ECB will buy bonds worth €60bn per month until the end of September 2016 and possibly longer.
In addition, they said eurozone interest rates are being held at the record low of 0.05%, where they have been since September 2014.
ECB president Mario Draghi said the programme would begin in March.
Former Home Secretary Leon Brittan has died aged 75.
His family said in a statement that he died last night at his home after a long battle with cancer and paid tribute to his “extraordinary commitment to British public life”.
As an MP, he represented the constituencies of Cleveland and Whitby and Richmond in Yorkshire.
Lord Brittan was a key figure in Margaret Thatcher’s government and was prominent in the 1984-85 miners’ strike for his criticism of the union.
Lord Brittan had come under the spotlight last year as part of the investigation into historical sexual abuse because he was home secretary in 1984 when ministers were handed a dossier on alleged high-profile paedophiles.
He insisted that the proper procedures were followed.
A police officer has been cleared of causing the death of a student hit by his unmarked police car.
Sources
http://news.sky.com/story/1412490/premier-league-dominates-footballs-rich-list
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-30929816
http://news.sky.com/story/1412943/ex-home-secretary-leon-brittan-dies
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-30938755
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30933515
http://news.sky.com/story/1412921/ecb-triggers-on-1-1tn-quantitative-easing
http://news.sky.com/story/1412730/rihanna-wins-topshop-t-shirt-image-battle
Script – 2nd March
BIG NEWS STORY – Police given extra time to question suspects in Becky Watts case.
POLITICAL STORY – BBC boss says TV license needs updating.
REGIONAL STORY – PC Cleared over Birmingham Student Crash Death
SPORT STORY – No England return for Terry.
ENTERTAINMENT STORY – Rihanna Wins Lawsuit against Topshop
Hi, I’m Joshua Wright and this is your midday news bulletin.
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Police have been given a further 36 hours to question two people arrested in connection with the disappearance of Becky Watts.
It comes as police intensify the hunt for the missing 16-year-old – with six specialist teams searching locations within a 1.6-mile radius of her Bristol home.
Local parks and a nature reserve have been combed, while divers have searched a lake.
Forensic teams are searching three houses – in the Southmead and Barton Hill areas and the family home in St George – while a dog unit and a police helicopter are due to be used today.
Becky was last seen at her home in Crown Hill on 19 February.
(PAUSE) BBC boss Tony Hall is expected to warn the corporation is at “a crossroads” and that the licence fee should be updated. Mr Hall is set to highlight a recent report by MPs which called for changes to the licence fee to include its catch-up iPlayer service and also suggested an alternative to the current system. The preferred option of the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee was for a universal household levy, regardless of whether people watched television or not.(PAUSE)In regional news, it has been discovered that a leak in a canal was caused by a hole in the bed of a waterway.A 200m (650ft) stretch around the Gas Street Basin has been drained for specialists to investigate water seeping from an aqueduct into a disused railway tunnel.
The operation had to be delayed several times over the past two weeks due to a faulty seal on a safety gate.
The route has been closed to boats while the work takes place.
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John Terry has no plans to reconsider his international retirement despite his Wembley goalscoring heroics in an emotional Capital One Cup final on Sunday.
Terry, who has 78 caps, retired from international duty in the wake of the Anton Ferdinand affair but many believe the Chelsea captain remains England’s best central defender.
Asked if he was considering an England return, Terry said: “No. It’s the simple answer. I don’t want to go into it right now.
“I have drawn a line under it and the England squad can move on now.”
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And finally, Harrison Ford is to return as Rick Deckard in a sequel to Ridley Scott’s dystopian 1982 Blade Runner classic.
The star’s role was confirmed by Alcon Entertainment who said Scott will serve as an executive producer on the project.
The original movie was adapted from the Philip K Dick novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep.
Production on the film will begin in the summer of 2016.
That’s your news bulletin I’ll be back at 1 o’clock for your next one.
News Bed – http://bedsandbeats.com/albums/newsbytes/82b9fe600c94db67/
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-31689551
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