The 2020 London Marathon has become another victim of the Covid 19 Pandemic. This event, however, has already rearranged and set a new date for the race.
If the pandemic is over the London Marathon will take on Sunday October the 4th.
The event was postponed before BBC London had finalised plans so I can’t tell you what the plan was for the BBC Bus and Radio London however in past years we have been based on the isle of dogs with a presenter and a few reports and we have anchored the show from there.
This years FA Cup has fallen victim to the Covid 19 pandemic with all FA Cup games stopping before the 1/4 final stage.
When football gets underway again and if they try to finish all games then for teams from the 1/4 finals will play a rearranged semi final at some date in the future.
The teams into the 1/4 finals at the moment are:
Leicester City v Chelsea
Newcastle Utd v Manchester City
Sheffeild Utd v Arsenal
Norwich v Manchester Utd.
This years Coventry 1/2 Marathon is another event that has been cancelled due to the Covid 19 pandemic. BBC CWR where due to broadcast from the event that has full BBC backing as they did in the 2019 event.
Coventry is looking forward to being U.K. City of Culture 2021 and postponing of any event in the run up to 2021 is a big disappointment to the city. With the advice coming from health experts to cancel large events however the 1/2 marathon was always going to be called off.
This years St Patrick's Day Parade in Birmingham became the first event to be called off due to the corona virus pandemic.
The Parade normaly sees up to 100 000 people lining Digbeth High Steet for one of the world largest events of its type. However after the New York and Dublin parades where called off it left the team in Birmingham with no option. Saftey first.
The plan was to have Adrian Goldberg at the bus broadcast the event as it happend.
It is a staple of the BBC Bus. The first visit to Wembley of the year and for the 3rd year in a row Manchester City are into the final. This time they are up agents Premiership Aston Villa.
Football doesn’t stop in the capital and for the two hours in the run up to the match BBC WM will be live in at Tottenham’s ground for Tottenham v Wolves. But they will broadcast from our new location on the Market Place next to Olympic Way for the two hours before that match.
A true fan’s favourite BBC WM give out a limited edition hat in Villa’s colours and chatted to 100s of fans all wanting to see the glory days return to Villa Park.
BBC Radio Manchester had too much on that day and didn’t have time for a build up show from outside the ground.
For the 3rd year in a row the BBC Bus, James Hazel and BBC Radio Suffolk has taken Santa on a tour of Suffolk.
Without Issac Chenery for the first year, Vic Tucks comes in the producer and was helpet along by Lois Worrow.
As in other years, its five days and five venues, at each venue we broadcast the James Hazel show on BBC Radio Suffok but also have a VIP joining us. None other than Santa himself.
We started on the 16th of December in Bury St Edmonds before heading on to Beccles, (17th) ,
Hadleigh, (18th), Haslesworth, (19th) and Stowmarket (20th).
Heres a video from each day out on the road plus one other video of an interview in Halesworth.
The BBC Radio Meresyside Toy Appeal is an annual event aimed at rasing toys for children on christmas day who would otherwise not have antything to open.
The toys themslefs are collected by the local Lions cub, (local to whichever part of Liverpool we are in), so the toys are staying within the area where we collect them.
We often find that the people of Meresyside are very kind and keep giving. So we keep collecting for them. This is where we have been Saturday, November 30
Widnes Market,
Tuesday, December 3
New Mersey Shopping Park
Wednesday, December 4
Tesco Extra store, St. Oswalds St, Liverpool
Thursday, December 5
Smyths Toys, Ravenhead Retail Park, Saint Helens
Every year BBC Tees host the Stockton Fireworks in Stockton on Tees on the banks of the River Tees. One of the biggest firework displays in the country, viewed by 30,000 plus in the immediate area and over 50,000 along the banks of the River Tees from Thornaby to Middlesbrough'. In 2019 the BBC Bus joined BBC Tees. There was no broadcasting but we were there simply to meet the listeners.
