a programme called street life, which went out on a sunday night and she would play all the local acts. she gave everybody a chance, she loved music. i remember after our first interview on the show, as soon as the show finished we were next door in the pub and a friendship was cemented for life. she loved music, she really wanted to be able to play music, but as with many great broadcasters and music writers she did the next best thing, which was promote as many musical things that she enjoyed that she didn t think other people would get to hear unless she presented it. but you know, i don t think ofjanice as a broadcaster. it s been really incredible today to see the massive outpouring of love forjanice long, broadcaster. you know, she s my friend. i wish she could see the immense amount of love coming her
smiling and we are watching pictures of him at the same time on the screen dancing and laughing as well. it seems an irrepressible humour is such a unique thing, given what he went through. such a unique thing, given what he went through- such a unique thing, given what he went through. yes, and of course he could have went through. yes, and of course he could have been went through. yes, and of course he could have been assassinated - went through. yes, and of course he could have been assassinated during these terrible anti apartheid years. he was very controversial when he stood out against some of the things that even nelson mandela who was a great friend of his had done. he spoke out about human rights, he believed, for example, in assisted dying, he believed in supporting gay rights, he was not someone who was a traditional person in the sense that he held to the old views, he was prepared to look at the future and what the ideas of the future yielded. so he was a very moder
cancellations as the number of cases of 0micron have spiked, and this is something that is a worry across europe, where there are more restrictions in terms of the freedoms allowed to be and the ability to travel. but airlines have seen this coming to a degree. the head of delta ed bastian wrote a letter to the us authorities, to the centre for disease can last week warning of the significant disruptions that 0micron restrictions and isolation conditions may well cause to his airline in terms of staff being available to crew flights. airlines around the world are struggling because they have less resources at their disposal. a lot of them have reduced the size of their operations because of coronavirus, since the pandemic started they have cut the amount of flights they operate, they have less staff and there is less ability to absorb this sort of disruption. ability to absorb this sort of disruption- ability to absorb this sort of disruption- ability to absorb this sort of disru tio
on bbc radio wales. she died at home on christmas day surrounded by her family. the bbc s director general said she was a stellar presenter, who was loved and respected across the industry. earlier i spoke to ian mcnabb, band member of the icicle works and a close friend ofjanice. she was the best friend that you could hope to have, you know, i knew her for 40 years, exactly 40 years, and she started out on bbc radio merseyside. she had a programme called streetlife, which went out on a sunday night and she would play all the local acts. she gave everybody a chance, she loved music. i remember after our first interview on the show, as soon as the show finished we were next door in the pub and a friendship was cemented for life. she loved music, she really wanted to be able to play music, but as with many great broadcasters and music writers she did the next best thing, which was promote as many musical things that she enjoyed that she didn t think other people would get to hear unless
last thing before we go tonight, you heard it here first. that was monday of this week. that was kara swisher, our friend, in effect three kids new name for facebook four days early, which was indeed announced just today by mark zuckerberg from his headquarters on venus. it is time for us to adopt a new company brand to encompass everything that we do. to reflect who we are and what we hope to build, i am proud to announce that starting today our company is now meta. at another point in the video, the twitterverse noticed a bottle of barbecue sauce being used as a bookend. it was immediately theorized it was selected by algorithm as something humans enjoy. the reaction to the new name was both instantaneous and relentless. it s still going on. lots of jokes wondering if they ll partner with a company