In an article in this week’s New Statesman, Mark Thompson says that merging or closing local radio stations is not the way forward for the BBC ……We’re in the middle of an open debate inside the BBC about its future. One idea was whether you could merge local radio with Radio 5 Live or reduce local radio in some way. Although local radio is relatively cheap to run, when you run 40 radio stations in England, you have to multiply the cost. The point of local radio is that if it’s not local, it’s not doing its job. It’s reasonable for people to have a debate about merging or shutting local radio but that’s not the way forward for the BBC.

If you haven’t:

a) Why not?

b) It’s not too late to apply

I’ve been planning, with Bridgett Forman, for the workshops that we’ll be running through the week of the summer school, which this year is at Queen Margaret’s School in Escrick near York.

Tall Stories is brand new this year. It will combine digital storytelling with stage production to put on a show that combines multimedia production and performance. It looking very exciting and innovative.

So don’t miss out – book it in your diary for July 23rd – 30th, book, pay up and travel to York to join in. See you there.

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