BBC bosses are to boost efforts to sound less ‘London-centric’ with regional voiceovers featuring local accents Announcements between show will be made in local accents for BBC1 shows Viewers will hear voices from North West, North East, Yorkshire among others Director of nations says there will be a focus & garnering of stories out of … Read more
Australian Survivor ‘could be set in regional Queensland for two seasons’ as Ten receives $3.9million government funding By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:39 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 00:39 GMT, 13 February 2021 The set of Australian Survivor is officially relocating from the Pacific Islands to the outback of northwest Queensland, … Read more
Australian Survivor gets $3.9million government funding to start filming new season in regional Queensland By J. Peterson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:32 GMT, 11 February 2021 | Updated: 02:32 GMT, 11 February 2021 Production on a new season of Australian Survivor is finally set to resume after filming was postponed last year due to … Read more
Zut alors! France makes it a CRIME to discriminate people for having regional accents Accents have been added to list of causes of actionable discrimination in France The law was adopted by 98 votes to three in the country’s lower parliament Already on the list were racism, sexism and discrimination against the disabled Maximum penalty in … Read more
‘She sums up the mood of a nation’: BBC accidentally cuts to Look East regional news presenter looking VERY unimpressed during its lunchtime bulletin on ‘tensions at No10’ Louise Priest, BBC Look East presenter, sighing heavily after screen cut to her Newsreader Jane Hill was suppose to be cutting to a political correspondent Users took … Read more
Could a regional ‘circuit breaker’ STILL happen at half-term? Claims Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove back a broad crackdown in badly-affected ‘urban areas’ over school half-term Gove and Cummings said to be pushing for two-week closure from October 26 Would affect only parts of England with the worst coronavirus levels But faces opposition from Chancellor Rishi … Read more
Daniel Andrews has set up a so-called ‘ring of steel’ around Melbourne to stop residents heading to regional Victoria where coronavirus restrictions have been finally relaxed. Although there are no actual fences, police will use checkpoints at major highways, automatic number plate recognition and extra patrols at bus and train stations to catch city dwellers … Read more
Lockdown will be lifted in regional Victoria TOMORROW as the state records zero deaths and just 42 coronavirus cases overnight Victoria recorded zero deaths from the coronavirus for first time in two months The 14-day new daily case average has dropped to only 52.9 for Melbourne Premier Daniel Andrews announced $290million funding package on Monday … Read more
Fury of airline bosses as Government uses new regional travel corridors to slap restrictions on SEVEN Greek islands Grant Shapps said move to treat islands as separate would bring relief to travel But no islands were made exempt from quarantine under the new rules The change has ruined the holidays of an estimated 70,000 Britons … Read more
Southern Cross Austereo’s Hit Network axes 19 regional breakfast shows as the company ‘adapts’ to the coronavirus recession By Zoe Burrell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 00:39 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 00:39 BST, 21 August 2020 Last week, Channel 10 announced at least 25 jobs cuts in response to the COVID-19 recession. And … Read more