over 30 million of us listen to commercial or bbc local radio stations every week, including this breainvolved, it is their own local radio station. they say it is my own local radio station, kind of thing, so that kind of thing resonates. local radio is being buffeted by technological forces. the audience is getting older and longer the younger listeners have choices like never before. but local radio remains remarkably resilient. it will grow in importance as other kinds of media declines. local media such as newspapers. over 200 titles have shut in the past two years alone. the coventry telegraph, which is 126 years old, is reaching more people than ever before through the web, but making a profit through local news is dauntingly tough. the audience is shifting but as they are shifting the moving away from print so shifting the moving away from print so print revenues are falling. we do need to replace those print revenues with digital revenues and we're working hard to build a really large and engaged and local, loyal audience here. whatever the platform, it is a vibe another 50 ye

over 30 million of us listen to commercial or bbc local radio stations every week, including this morning'soined bbc leicester two months after it launched. people get involved, it's their own local radio station. that creates a bond with people, "yeah, it's my own local radio station," sort of a thing, so, you know, that kind of thing resonate. like all media, local radio is being buffeted by technological forces. the audience is getting older, and younger listeners have choice as never before. despite that, local radio has remained remarkably resilient. that suggests that its power to chronicle and cajole local communities will only grow in importance as other kinds of local media decline. local media such as newspapers. over 200 local titles have shut in the past two years alone. the coventry telegraph, which is 126 years old, is reaching more people than ever before through the web, but making a profit through local news is dauntingly tough. the audience is shifting, but as the audience shifts, so they're moving away from print, so print revenues are falling, and we do need to replace t

bbc local radio is 50 years old today. iment" — funded by local councils, not the bbc. after two years that experiment was judged a success and by 1971 20 bbc local radio stations were on air — rising to more than 40 today. sir andy murray and his wife kim are celebrating the birth of a baby girl. it's understood she was born a few days ago. she's the couple's second child — theirfirst, sophia, was born last year. the news emerged a day after murray played his first match since suffering a hip injury at wimbledon. it was a charity exhibition match in glasgow against roger federer, which he lost 6—3, 3—6, 10—6. she fled syria two years ago after her home was destroyed in the civil war and onlyjust made it into europe by boat. she was a strong swimmer and less than a year later she found herself competing at the rio olympics as part of the refugee team. now settled in germany, the teenager has her sights firmly set on tokyo 2020. our sports correspondent alex capstick has been to berlin to meet her — a warning that there are

bbc local radio will keep you right up to date with the very worst of the conditions, which could stretchdevon, through the west country, central, southern england, into parts of the south—east. generally speaking, from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. then dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland, the eastern side of scotland too. drift that bit further towards the north and west in scotland, a new set of weather fronts coming in here, with the cloud, wind and rain making very slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away during the course of the morning as more cloud just comes down towards those southern counties. we may well find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through. temperatures, as you see, for most, in double figures. one or two sheltered spots in the eastern side of scotland, despite some brightness, will be stuck at around 9, possibly 10 degrees or so. overnight, this is where we see really quite a dramatic change. we have that weather front making itself felt acros

bbc local radio will keep you right up—to—date with the worst of the conditions, which could stretchcountry, central and southern england and into parts of the south—east. from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland and the eastern side of scotland. drift further towards the north and west in scotland, a new set of weather fronts coming in, with cloud, wind and rain making very slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away through the morning as more cloud comes down towards the southern counties. we may find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through. temperatures as you see for most in double figures. one or two sheltered spots in the east of scotland, despite the brightness, will be stuck at 9—10 degrees or so. overnight this is where we see quite a dramatic change. the weather front is making itself felt in scotland and northern ireland, but we have more cloud and a real developing situation here, with the rain becoming widespread in eng

bbc local radio will keep you right up to date with the very worst of the conditions, which could stretchsouthern england, into parts of the south—east. generally speaking, from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. then dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland, the eastern side of scotland too. drift that bit further towards the north and west in scotland, a new set of weather fronts coming in here, with the cloud, wind and rain making very slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away during the course of the morning as more cloud just comes down towards those southern counties. we may well find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through. temperatures, as you see, for most, in double figures. one or two sheltered spots in the eastern side of scotland, despite some brightness, will be stuck at around 9, possibly 10 degrees or so. 0vernight, this is where we see really quite a dramatic change. we have that weather front making itself felt across scotland, northern ireland, but we are b

bbc local radio will keep you right up to date with the very worst of the conditions, which could stretchuntry, central, southern england, into parts of the south—east. generally speaking, from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. then dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland, the eastern side of scotland too. drift that bit further towards the north and west in scotland, a new set of weather fronts coming in here, with the cloud, wind and rain making very slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away during the course of the morning as more cloud just comes down towards those southern counties. we may well find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through. temperatures, as you see, for most, in double figures. one or two sheltered spots in the eastern side of scotland, despite some brightness, will be stuck at around 9, possibly 10 degrees or so. overnight, this is where we see really quite a dramatic change. we have that weather front making itself felt across scotland, northern irela

bbc local radio will keep you up—to—date with the worst conditions, which could stretch from the easternland and into the south—east. wales to the midlands to east anglia are more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain and dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england. much of northern ireland and the eastern side of scotland. further towards the north and west, the new set of weather fronts coming in, the north and west, the new set of weatherfronts coming in, with cloud, wind and rain making slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away through the morning as more cloud comes down towards the southern counties. we may find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through. temperatures for most in double figures. a couple of sheltered spots in the east of scotla nd sheltered spots in the east of scotland despite the brightness will be stuck at 9— 10 degrees or so. 0vernight we have quite a dramatic change. the weather front is making itself felt in scotland and northern ireland, what we have more cloud and developing situation, with the rain becoming widespread in

bbc local radio will keep you updated.rn side of devon through the west country and england —— central southern england is the central area of concern. a lot of dry weather around, and cloud so a fairly dull start to serve day. further west into scotland, renewed bouts of cloud, wind and rain. eventually it may reach the north—west of northern ireland. 0nce may reach the north—west of northern ireland. once the fog is gone, a half decent date. some sunshine around, fleetingly perhaps. we see significant developments in the weather as we get through friday night into the wee small hours of saturday. the rain becoming extensive saturday. the rain becoming exte ns ive a cross saturday. the rain becoming extensive across england and wales. the odd moderate burst in there. dragging the cloud down to the borders area and tending the merger with the new area of rain across england and wales. the weekend turning colderfor all. for england and wales. the weekend turning colder for all. for the greater part of england and wales, at

bbc local radio should keep you right up to date on the very latest developments.land, and on towards the south—east. a little bit further north, more cloud here. mayjust have enough about it for there to be the odd spot of rain. but generally speaking, north of that, to the north of england, northern ireland, and the greater part of central, southern and eastern scotland, a lot of dry weather around, a lot of cloud, as well, it has to be said, so a fairly dull start to the day. and then that little bit further north and west into scotland, a new set of weather fronts here, bringing renewed bouts of cloud, wind and rain into the far north—west of scotland. eventually it mayjust begin to flirt with the north—west of northern ireland, too. once that fog is gone, well, it's a half—decent day. there will be some sunshine around, fleetingly perhaps, holding the temperatures to around 10—15 degrees or so. we see significant developments in the weather as we get through friday night into the wee small hours of saturday, where the rain becomes really quite extensive across

bbc local radio should keep you right up to date on the very latest developments.ern side of devon through the west country, to central southern england, and on towards the south—east. a little bit further north, more cloud here. mayjust have enough about it for there to be the odd spot of rain. but generally speaking, north of that, to the north of england, northern ireland, and the greater part of central, southern and eastern scotland, a lot of dry weather around, a lot of cloud, as well, it has to be said, so a fairly dull start to the day. and then that little bit further north and west into scotland, a new set of weather fronts here, bringing renewed bouts of cloud, wind and rain into the far north—west of scotland. eventually it mayjust begin to flirt with the north—west of northern ireland, too. once that fog is gone, well, it's a half—decent day. there will be some sunshine around, fleetingly perhaps, holding the temperatures to around 10—15 degrees or so. we see significant developments in the weather as we get through friday night into the wee small hour

bbc local radio will keep you right up to date with the very worst of the conditions, which could stretch england, into parts of the south—east. generally speaking, from wales to the midlands to east anglia, more cloudy and maybe a spot of rain. then dry weather for the most part as we get into the north of england, much of northern ireland, the eastern side of scotland too. drift that bit further towards the north and west in scotland, a new set of weather fronts coming in here, with the cloud, wind and rain making very slow progress through the day. much of the fog will lift away during the course of the morning as more cloud just comes down towards those southern counties. we may well find the odd glimpse of sunshine coming through. temperatures, as you see, for most, in double figures. one or two sheltered spots in the eastern side of scotland, despite some brightness, will be stuck at around 9, possibly 10 degrees or so. overnight, this is where we see really quite a dramatic change. we have that weather front making itself felt across scotland, northern ireland, but we are bringing

now, bbc local radio was 50 years old today. —— is 50 years old. t the bbc. it was judged a success, and by 1971 20 bbc local radio stations were broadcasting, rising to more than a0 today. don't forget — you can let us know what you think. tweet us using the hashtag afternoonlive. all the ways to contact us on screen right now. time for a look at the weather. here's ben. if you look higher up in the sky, we had the northern lights last night. ididn't had the northern lights last night. i didn't see them! people who live in places like oban had a glorious light display last night. it was scotland really that had the best of it, it is where charged particles from the sun hurtled charged particles from the sun hu rtled towards charged particles from the sun hurtled towards us, and as they interact with the atmosphere they produce these beautiful light displays. in the south as i mentioned we don't tend to see it except in rare cases, and further north tonight there will bea and further north tonight there will be a lot of cloud, but as we take the clo