Fiona, hello. Hi there, how are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. In previous episodes, we have had about 15 minutes. We have now got about a0 minutes, so. Good job the world is quite chaotic at the moment. There is plenty of Trouble Spots that we can look at. Before we go on a kind of tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of your personal history. So what was happening in County Durham in the 80s when you were a teenager and he decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, that was the period that actually, it is the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb where we had the War Scare with the Soviet Union. The 1980s, there were several but the most memorable, at least from my perspective was 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally. Even as a kid, teenager, in school in County Durham, it is thanks to the bbc, which we were watching religiously e
Fiona, hello. Hi there. How are you . Im very well, thank you. And welcome back to newscast. Thank you. But in previous, well, in previous episodes where weve had about 50 minutes, weve now got about a0 minutes. So good job. The world is quite chaotic at the moment. Theres plenty of Trouble Spots that we can that we can look at. Um, but before we go on a tour around the world, ijust wanted to do a bit of a bit of your, your kind of personal history. And so what was happening in County Durham in the 80s, when you were a teenager and you decided that russian was the thing that you wanted to get into . Well, look, that was the period that actually its the subject of a Netflix Series at the moment about the Cold War and the bomb, where we had the War Scares with the Soviet Union, the 1980s, you know, there were several. But the most memorable, at least from my perspective, was about 1983, when you just could palpably feel the sort of tension internationally, even, you know, as a kind of a
Ceiling is right on top of them. Bill we just had an update a moment ago from Emergency Officials saying they arent giving up on finding people alive in that rubble. We are listening for sounds. It is not specifically human sounds. It could be tapping. It could be steel kind of twisting, it could be some of the debris raining down. We concentrate in those areas. From below we continue with using light machinery, saws, jack hammers as we continue to tunnel through underneath. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate in that area. When was the last time your crews heard a sound. Throughout a night every night. Dana well hear from the mayor in a moment. Steve harrigan is live on the scene and he begins our coverage. The headline from local officials here at their Press Conference a short time ago was a figure, 159. Thats the number of people still unaccounted for. Yesterday that figure was just at 99. Now almost 50 higher. 159, that really enlarges the scope of the
Ceiling is right on top of them. Bill we just had an update a moment ago from Emergency Officials saying they arent giving up on finding people alive in that rubble. We are listening for sounds. It is not specifically human sounds. It could be tapping. It could be steel kind of twisting, it could be some of the debris raining down. We concentrate in those areas. From below we continue with using light machinery, saws, jack hammers as we continue to tunnel through underneath. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate in that area. When was the last time your crews heard a sound. Throughout a night every night. Dana well hear from the mayor in a moment. Steve harrigan is live on the scene and he begins our coverage. The headline from local officials here at their Press Conference a short time ago was a figure, 159. Thats the number of people still unaccounted for. Yesterday that figure was just at 99. Now almost 50 higher. 159, that really enlarges the scope of the
Ceiling is right on top of them. Bill we just had an update a moment ago from Emergency Officials saying they arent giving up on finding people alive in that rubble. We are listening for sounds. It is not specifically human sounds. It could be tapping. It could be steel kind of twisting, it could be some of the debris raining down. We concentrate in those areas. From below we continue with using light machinery, saws, jack hammers as we continue to tunnel through underneath. We have hope and every time that we hear a sound, we concentrate in that area. When was the last time your crews heard a sound. Throughout a night every night. Dana well hear from the mayor in a moment. Steve harrigan is live on the scene and he begins our coverage. The headline from local officials here at their Press Conference a short time ago was a figure, 159. Thats the number of people still unaccounted for. Yesterday that figure was just at 99. Now almost 50 higher. 159, that really enlarges the scope of the