Sunday, 15 May 2016

National League Play-off 2016

Another day, another visit to Wembley.

This time it's to see who can came that 92nd and last place in the football league. 

The game on Sunday the 15th of May kicked off at 4pm between Forest Green Rovers of Gloucester and Grimsby Town of North East Lincolnshire.

As you can imagine both BBC Local radio stations (BBC Gloucestershire and BBC Humberside) had full live coverage to see if they could get another league side on there patch. 

We had all the build up from Olympic way.

As for the match itself.  Well Grimsby won that three goals to nil, going up via the play offs at the 3rd time of asking.

Well done Grimsby Town FC.

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Monday, 2 May 2016

Tour de Yorkshire 2016

The Tour de Yorkshire 2016

After the sussess of the Grand Depart of 2014, when the Tour de France started in Yorkshire, orgenisers of the tour made it an annual thing.   It can't be part of the full Tour de France each year so a new race was set up.    

THE TOUR DE YORKSHIRE.

Now into its second year the Tour de Yorkshire takes place across the whole of Yorkshire and even into Middlesbro' this year.

The three day event is coved in full by BBC Local Radio and as you would expect the BBC Bus is there to lend a helping hand to what is a logistical nightmear for the stations.

On Friady the 29th of April the Tour started in the historic market town of Beverly in the East Riding.  The Bus was in the the village of Market Weighton to watch the tour leave the East Riding.  

On Day two (Saturday the 30th of April) we got in to West Yorkshire to the start line that was in Otley.  There we watched not only the start of the mens race but the start of the very first womans race with 27 year old Lizzie Armitstead starting the race in her home town.   Armitstead was a member of the gold medal winning team pursuit squad at the 2009 Track World Championships, her second appearance at a senior world championship event.



On the last day we headed back east again to scarborough to the finishing line by the beach.  Were we saw Danish Thomas Voecker beat Ireland's and team sky's Nicolas Roche by just six seconds over the whole three days.  



Links..

BBC Humberside
BBC Leeds
BBC York


Tour de Yorkshire 

Aslo on the blog.

WW1 At home. 
York 10k
Play offs 2015
Humberside at 40


Also see.. More at adrianchenery.co.uk

Friday, 4 December 2015

BBC Manchester @ Christmas

BBC Radio Manchester went out and about again at the start of Christmas to take in the Christmas cheer at the markets across Greater Manchester.



Two weeks at five different markets both weeks looked the same as far as venues go..


Monday - Ashton Under Lyne
Tuesday - Bolton
Wednesday - Bury
Thursday - Wigan
Friday - Altringtham



With each venue getting its own outside broadcast.

Mike Sweeney in Bury
Mike Sweeney in Bury
Monday - Becky Want (Week 1)
Tuesday - Phil and Ali (Week 2)
Wednesday - Mike Sweeney (Week 2)
Thursday - Mike Sweeney (Week 1)
Friday - Becky Want (Week 2)

There was two aims of the outside tour. 

1. To promote BBC Radio Manchester in the outlining towns of the Greater Manchester.

2. To  broadcast from areas that BBC Radio Manchester from areas that don't get a lot of coverage on air.

To that end BBC Manchester spent a lot of time taking photos of listeners for the Facebook page. They can be found in the Christmas markets album.

Also See  
BBC Radio Manchester 
BBC News from Manchester
BBC Manchester on Facebook
BBC Manchester on Twitter

Also on my blog
BBC Manchester at the Christmas Markets 2013
BBC Manchester's Love Where You Live Tour 2014
BBC Manchester at the FA Cup Final

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Sunday, 17 May 2015

Conference Play Off Final 2015

Burnsy Interviews a fish
Bristol Rovers beat Grimsby Town on penalties to win the Conference promotion final and secure an instant return to the Football League.

Both sides hoping for a return to league two when they faced each outer at Wembley on Saturday the 17th of May 2015.

All square after full time and extra time it was spot kicks that settled the difference in Bristol's favour.

Broadcasting before the game on BBC Radio Bristol and BBC Radio Humberside we got all the fans excitement as they headed into Wembley.


Also see..

BBC Bristol
BBC Radio Bristol
BBC Humberside
BBC Radio Humberside
Photos of the day from Olympic Way 
Read the BBC Sport Match report

BBC Humberside at 40
Turn Back Time

Talent Ticket 2014

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Friday, 8 May 2015

Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal - Skcin


On Saturday the 25th of April 2015,  BBC Radio Derby Breakfast presenter Colin Bloomfield lost his battle agents cancer aged just 33. 

After a successful battle agents skin cancer some 10 years earlier he was diagnosed with cancer again a year ago.

Out of the great sadness that staff of BBC Radio Derby are felling came some good right out of the heart of Colin himself.

BBC Bus in Long Eaton
BBC Bus in Long Eaton 
Before his death Colin spent time promoting Skin Cancer awareness, how to avoid it and what to
look out for.

Linking up with the charity Skcin BBC Radio Derby hit the road to have peoples moles tested on the streets.

On the streets in Belper, Long Eaton, Burton and Derby, The BBC Bus was joined by two doctors per day to check peoples moles.

Over 500 people came to the the over the 4 days all working about a mole or mark on their skin.  I can't give numbers here but I know that some of the people that where seen to have been told it see their doctor as a mater of urgency. Most however were fine.  Even after his death Colin is saving lives.

Also on the bus was Anthony Hubbard from Skcin.  Along with the normal advice, Anthony had a Ultra Violet camera that can take photo of skin damage on your face due to the suns rays.

This photo is of me, (as Im not going to post one of a listener).  Normally you should shut your eyes and maybe not have such a cheesy smile but you can see that my skin in fine (for now).

At the time of writing this I have just seen that the appeal has raised just over its first target of £75000.



Also see..

Skcin - Colin Bloomfield Melanoma Appeal
Donate to the Colin Bloomfield Appeal
BBC Report on Colin's Funeral
BBC Radio Derby 
BBC Derbyshire
BBC Staffordshire

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Monday, 4 May 2015

Milton Keynes Marathon 2015

Adrian at the MK Marathon
At the start of the MK Marathon

The MK Marathon takes place on the first bank holiday in May each year. 

In 2015 it was Monday the 4th of May.

As last year, we were used as the official start with the starter on the roof of the bus.   As soon as everyone had passed we decamped and moved a few hundred yards closer to the finish line.
fun runner
One of the fun runners


The winner of the main race was a man who claimed he only started training on the Thursday before
and had been on a night out before the race.  I'm not sure how much I believe of this but that is what he said.

There where other races including a half marathon, a super hero race and a batton relay.



Also see..

Photos of the MK Marathon 
3CR at the Royal Wedding 
BBC 3CR
BBC Beds, Bucks and Herts

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Friday, 6 March 2015

BBC Stoke's Sport Special

BBC Bus at Vale Park
BBC Bus at Vale Park
BBC Radio Stoke has launched a new Sports program.

Same Sports team, new time. Each weekday night between 6pm and 7pm.

Each night they will talk about all the sport effecting Staffordshire and Cheshire including the three local football teams.

Now its time to get the message out there.






In one week in March all three football clubs have a home game.  BBC Radio Stoke went all guns blazing to promote the new show with each of the three sets of home fans.


On the 3rd of March we turned up outside Vale park, home of league one club, Port Vale before they played Oldham.  The next night we went to the Britannia Stadium in Stoke for the Premiership match between Stoke City and Everton.

Finally on the 7th of March we were outside Gresty Road in Crewe for Crewe's League One game v Scunthorpe United. 

Each day an army of BBC Staff are handing out car stickers along with a leaflet about what is going to be on the new sports show.

Just for information..Port Vale  Lost that game, Stoke and Crewe both won. 


Also see..

BBC Radio Stoke
Stoke's Love bus 2014

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Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Hartlepool Bombardment

On 16 December 1914, Hartlepool was bombarded by the German Navy in the first attack on British soil during World War I - some 130 people were killed. 



During a frantic 40 minutes, more than 1,100 shells rained down on the shipbuilding town.
On the same day, German warships also attacked Scarborough and Whitby, in North Yorkshire, bringing civilians unexpectedly on to the front line of battle, but Hartlepool was by far the worst hit.
Many children were having breakfast or heading for school when the attack began.
Fathers who had already started their shifts dashed home to collect their families and a handful of belongings before fleeing on foot out into the County Durham countryside.
As Hartlepool gathered to remember the tragic day BBC Tees where there for a full day of outside Broadcast.

The Headland area, which was home to the Heugh Battery guns, suffered some of the
worst damage with the streets of Moor Terrace (above), Victoria Place and Cliff Terrace being particularly badly hit.
Having the guns at its eastern end meant Moor Terrace was in the firing line of the German shells.
At 8am on the 16th of December 2014 the Battery gun fired again to mark 100 years since the first shell hit the British mainland. 

A service of remembrance was help and a new momorial (designed By Steve Wilks) was unvailed to the 130 victims at was was to be the BBC busses final world war 1 event of 2014


Also see..
BBC Tees.

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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

Southeasten Trains on BBC Radio Kent

    

On Monday, October 13th - the first day of South Eastern's new franchise - BBC Radio Kent will have presenters and reporters at train stations in Kent and London,
and during one day of ambitious broadcasting they will be debating how train services might be improved.

They will also scrutinise some of the key pledges made by South Eastern as they take control of our trains for another four years.

These include better customer service, passenger information and a better high-speed service.

BEFORE ALL THAT, they want to know what you think of local train services.

Either look out for the BBC Bus and tell me what you think, or catch our reporter Danny Rhodes, who'll be on the platforms starting at Dartford.

They will gather all your comments, and put your questions to South Eastern's new Managing Director, David Statham, on October the 13th.


Where will the Bus be?




MONDAY SEP 29TH:

DARTFORD STATION

TUESDAY SEP 30TH:
DEAL STATION
WEDNESDAY OCT 1ST:EBBSFLEET INTERNATIONAL
THURSDAY OCT 2ND:STAPLEHURST STATION
FRIDAY OCT 3RD:BROADSTAIRS STATION








Also see.
Dr Who in Kent
BBC Kent 
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Tuesday, 17 June 2014

World War 1 - Live Evenets

The WW1 At Home Live Events

Visiting locations across the UK, from May to September 2014
The WW1 At Home Live Events
The WW1 At Home Live Events will reflect on the dramatic impact the war had on families and communities, as well as helping people to explore their own relatives' links to the war.

Discover more about the war

The family-friendly events will include hands-on activities, performances and interactive sessions. The World War One At Home Live Events will feature a mix of eight flagship events, as well as 17 others.
People attending the eight large-scale events in Woolwich, Wolverhampton, Sunderland, Dundee, Bristol, Rhyl, Portrush and Nottingham can visit The Briefing Room for interviews and presentations hosted by BBC stars including actor Larry Lamb. They can volunteer to be put through their paces on an outdoor Parade Ground and, at a number of events, make their own World War One At Home ID Permit to take away in The Recruitment Office. People can also learn about how medicine and communications were transformed during the war, including demonstrations of how carrier pigeons were an invaluable resource for sending messages.
As well as the eight flagship events, the World War One At Home Live Events will visit 17 other sites including The Suffolk Show, Great Yorkshire Show, Weymouth Carnival and Leicester City Festival. In addition to making their own ID Permits and learning about communications, visitors can also have a go at being a war reporter and meet experts from Imperial War Museums to search their families’ connections to the war. They can also hear interviews with BBC personalities and local experts and explore hands on activities in The Pals Tent and meet BBC Local Radio teams as the stations broadcast live from each site.
The World War One At Home Live Events are a partnership between BBC Learning and BBC English Regions. The BBC also continues its partnership with Imperial War Museums (IWM) during the Centenary commemorations and IWM's Lives of the First World War will be an integral part of the tour. 14-18 NOW are also key partners, and visitors to most sites along the BBC World War One At Home Tour will be invited to take part in the nationwide project Letter to An Unknown Soldier, inspired by the famous memorial statue of a soldier at Paddington Station in London. Other partners include: The Royal Signals Museum; Royal Pigeon Racing Association and The Royal College of Pathologists. 

WW1 At Home - tour listing


May 28 - 29: Ipswich, The Suffolk Show, BBC Radio Suffolk
May 31: Norwich, The Forum, BBC Radio Norfolk
June 14 - 15: Liverpool, Mersey River Festival, BBC Radio Merseyside
June 21: Stoke on Trent, Kings Hall BBC Radio Stoke Family History Day
June 24: Blackpool, Armed Forces Week, BBC Radio Lancashire
June 28: Woolwich Great Get Together and Armed Forces Day, BBC London 94.9 *
July 5 - 6: Colchester, Colchester Military Tournament, BBC Essex
July 8 - 10: Harrogate, Great Yorkshire Show, BBC Radio York/BBC Radio Leeds/BBC Radio Sheffield
July 12 - 13: Wolverhampton, The Wolverhampton & Black Country Show, BBC WM 95.6 *
July 19: Hull, Queen Victoria Square BBC Radio Humberside
July 22: Skegness, BBC Radio Lincolnshire
July 26 and 27: The Sunderland International Airshow, BBC Newcastle *
August 1, 2: Dundee, City Square, BBC Scotland *
August 4: Folkestone Step Short, BBC Radio Kent Road of Remembrance
August 8-10: Bristol International Balloon Fiesta, BBC Radio Bristol *
August 14 Okehampton, Okehampton Show, BBC Radio Devon
August 16 - 17: Eastbourne International Air Show, BBC Sussex
August 20: Weymouth Carnival, BBC Radio Solent
August 23-24: Leicester City Festival, BBC Radio Leicester
August 30 - 31: Rhyl, Wales Rhyl Airshow, BBC Wales *
September 6 - 7: Portrush, Co. Antrim. Air Waves Portrush, BBC Northern Ireland *
September 10: Gloucester History Festival, BBC Radio Gloucestershire
September 13 - 14: Manchester Piccadilly Gardens, BBC Radio Manchester
September 19 - 20: Nottingham, Nottingham Fields of Battle Exhibition *
September 21: Derbyshire Day, BBC Radio Derby

I will only be at the events in England but the events carry on around the UK

Listen to....

Full outside Broadcast from the WW1 live events at..

Norfolk
Liverpool
Stoke
Lancashire (Mid Morning)
Lancashire (Afternoon)
BBC London 94.9

And Inserts from

Stoke

Also see..
BBC Suffolk
BBC Norfolk
BBC Liverpool
BBC Stoke
BBC Lancashire
BBC London 

And

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Saturday, 29 March 2014

Talent Ticket - BBC School News 2014


Talent Ticket Crew 2014
Talent Ticket Crew 2014
As part of BBC School Report week, BBC Bristol sent out its "Talent Ticket" crew into 10 schools over two week.  

The BBC Bus joined the crew for the first week only

Student Ambassadors from UWE joined with BBC crews from across Bristol and the UK to help give a wide range of media treated takes.


The task included, making a magazine programme,  sports commentary,  make up, reading the TV news and street dance.

The schools the bus visited are....

Monday 24th March – Oasis Academy John Williams
Tuesday 25th March - Merchants Academy, Withywood,
Wednesday 26th March - City Academy, St Georges
Thursday 27th March – Oasis Brighstowe, Lawrence Weston
Friday 26th March - Henbury School, ,


Also see..
Right up your street - Bath
Carry on up the Coast
BBC Bristol
Talent Ticket @ UWE
UWE

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