http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/ Behind the scenes with Channel M’s David Henry. en Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:39:19 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I went up the clock tower at Manchester Town Hall this morning. Now I don't have a great head for heights so standing on a ledge high above Albert Square wasn't easy. But the thing that really did turn my... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/turning_back_the_clocks.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/turning_back_the_clocks.html Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:39:19 +0000 Tom Buckley was born with eye cancer. At two weeks old he lost the sight in his left eye. For 19 years he led a normal life. However four years ago the cancer returned. Since then 14 tumours have been... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/tom_buckley.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/tom_buckley.html Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:22:20 +0000 Manchester's Central Library is fantastic, isn't it? Not only it is an amazing building but it's also a great asset for the city. I interviewed one of the library's staff in the main Reading Hall this morning. The room is... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/love_of_libraries.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/love_of_libraries.html Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:19:29 +0000 Greater Manchester Police carried out a series of raids in Wythenshawe this morning. Channel M were invited to tag along and film some of what they were doing. One of the homes they raided had a cannabis farm in the... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/drugs_raids.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/drugs_raids.html Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:52:03 +0000 This is just a moan really. I was on the Breakfast programme this morning. That means starting work at half four. Half four, I say. Thankfully I don't do it very often. How the regulars cope I've no idea. I'm... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/an_early_start.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/an_early_start.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:24:26 +0000 Manchester University Students Union has replaced traditional WC signs for ones that say toilets with urinals and toilets. The Manchester Evening News broke the story last week and it was followed up around the globe. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1069339_toilet_signs_too_pc The Union says the... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/transgender_toilets.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/transgender_toilets.html Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:53:13 +0000 I've been to many council estates across Greater Manchester and some of them I have no desire to return to. However this morning I interviewed Mary Armstrong, who lives on an estate in Collyhurst, and frankly I'd like to move... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/not_so_shameless.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/not_so_shameless.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:08:53 +0000 Maybe it's the weather, maybe it's a lack of publicity but the home-coming for our Olympic heroes looks in danger of being a wash-out. It started at half five this evening and we're broadcasting live from the event. Ben Bland... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/quick_get_to_albert_square.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/quick_get_to_albert_square.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:34:55 +0000 Soundbite of the day goes to Tom Wilders. He's director of strategic planning at the Pennine Acute Hospital Trust, which looks after North Manchester General in Crumpsall. Speaking at a health debate hosted by Channel M's Andy Crane, Mr Wilders... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/health_debate.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/health_debate.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:26:41 +0000 And while I was at the building site for the new tram depot in Old Trafford (see below entry) I went down to the side of the disused train track. It was a right mess. Not many people venture down... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/dog_rough.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/dog_rough.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:32:17 +0000 After years and years of delays Chorlton is finally getting a link to the tram network. This morning I went along to Old Trafford where work is taking place to clear a disused railway line to make it ready for... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/trams_for_chorlton_finally.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/trams_for_chorlton_finally.html Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:22:43 +0000 This is totally unrelated to my Channel M work but.....Last night I went to review Othello at the Lowry for the MEN's Urban Life magazine. Beg, borrow, bribe a ticket. It's an absolutely brilliant production. If you think Shakespeare is... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/othello.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/10/othello.html Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:25:04 +0000 So who should be given the freedom of Salford? Manchester United's Ryan Giggs or Burmese political prisoner and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi? Or both perhaps. The ruling Labour group on Salford City Council wants to award... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/09/ryan_giggs_v_aung_san_suu_kyi.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/09/ryan_giggs_v_aung_san_suu_kyi.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:49:06 +0000 Hello. Good morning and welcome. It's Monday morning. It's raining and I'm waiting for the phone to ring so I can leave the office and film a report for tonight's evening news. Sadly, so far, the people I need to... http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/09/and_so_it_begins.html http://blogs.channelm.co.uk/broadcast_news/2008/09/and_so_it_begins.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:31:20 +0000