On This Day in Broadcasting History 16-Oct-2024, <[email protected]> says: "The Great Storm of 1987 causes major power outages across the South of the UK. The BBC broadcast from their continuity booth until an emergency studio is available." Does this refer to BBC 1 TV?

SHOCKING investigation reveals water companies have racked up 1,135 criminal convictions! Join me in calling on the Government to bring them to justice by adding your name today: 38d.gs/lgrn

I received in my change recently "two pennies" but upon closer examination one was worth a penny (i.e. 1/100 of a GBP), but the other on its issue date was 1/4 of a penny, i.e. 1/960 of a GBP. So was I diddled? Yes, but to have a coin of my birth year is cool, too!

Preparing for tonight's bonfire societies parade, fireworks and bonfire on the Abbey Green.

Battle High Street - closed to vehicles - and Abbey Green last night...

This sunset is happening now, in Battle! BBC South East

"God save the King" by the choir of the French Army under the Arc de Triomphe Goosebumps, chair de poule 🇨🇵🇬🇧

Our local "Firemen" on parade today. East Sussex FRS

Extraordinary - maybe a "special relationship" with France is growing now the President has some local challenges...

Similar here in Battle today, pinkness in the sky and house roofs showing the frost. At 07:30 -1.7°C

As some fungi fade for the year, this Coral Tooth Fungus is going out with a bang! 😍🍄 Isn’t it stunning? 📸 James & Dawn Langiewicz 🇬🇧 💞 𝔻𝕒𝕨𝕟 & 𝕁𝕚𝕞 💞 🇺🇸

That was reported at 10:20

I agree with his points, so much so I hadn't even noticed the advertising tsunami that seems to have covered over car advertising. Sadly I suspect he may well be right...

This day in 1978 DLT welcomes BBC Radio 1 listeners for the first time on 275 & 285m MW

Fab combination and cheese with apple pie, too. (Brought up to these menu choices by a Yorkshire born father.) For me the much lamented decline in White Stilton cheese availability is huge... Equally up with Wensleydale.

This is such an important role with plenty of opportunity to make it your own. Please share.

I've moved over to Bluesky, mostly now, too

On this day in 1983-Jan-17: BBC tv 'Breakfast Time', UK's first national breakfast tv prog, was launched from BBC's Lime Grove studios. Unusually for a Radio self-op News & Current Affairs studio, I was on duty, in case interviewees for tv couldn't also get to Broadcasting House!

Greenham Common had a long runway but was demolished, yet suitably close to a town and east-west railway connection. Meanwhile Manston remains unused...

For UK government: purchase 1.5 million of these to stand a chance of achieving your housing numbers. 😆