Monday, 25 November 2013

FINAL DRAFT 2.2 NEWS REPORT


Final Draft News Report

Here is my final draft of my news report for Radio 1 Newsbeat

Radio 1 Newsbeat

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11/11/13

 

Top story this morning, Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on the 8th of November.  Authorities had evacuated 800,000 people before the typhoon hit – but many died in evacuation centers, which couldn’t hold the force of the fierce winds gusting at up to 275kph (170mph) and storm surges of up to 20ft. At least 95% of the town has been destroyed, 10,000 people have been predicted dead and a lot more critically injured. On Sunday, Pope Francis issued a Twitter message urging people to follow him in prayer for victims in the mostly Catholic country, as well as leading tens of thousands of worshippers at the Vatican. Freddy smith interviews Colonel John Sanchez of the Philippines armed forces this morning ….

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Yesterday at the Cenotaph in central London, crowds gathered in silence when Big Ben struck 11:00am.

The 2 minutes silenced was marked by a firing of the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, using a 13-pounder World War One gun.  When the two minutes of respectful silence was over the monarch was the first to lay her wreath at the cenotaph followed by the Duke of Cambridge, The Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Harry laid their wreaths. The Prime Minister David Cameron, Mayor Boris Johnson, Labour leader Ed Milliband and more representatives of the commonwealth countries took part in the ceremony.

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Thousands of Star Wars fans and ambitious actors from all over the country cued yesterday, for hours on end to attend the open auditions for Star Wars Episode seven. Enduring the torrential rain and cold temperatures in Bristol, nothing was holding them back to be part of this incredible opportunity. Anne Ranch caught up with a few hopefuls….

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Barclays premier league this weekend had some very tense matches, especially for Man Utd fans at Old Trafford even though  their captain Nem-an-ja Vid-ic suffered a head injury just before half time  they managed to battle through to gain a 1/0 victory against Arsenal.

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On Saturday England maintained their November winning record of 31-12 verse Argentina at Twickenham. Argentina struggled in the last quarter having careless possession and making bad decisions, causing them to walk away with empty hands from a very bustling crowd of England supporters. We caught up with a few England supporters to hear their celebrations……

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This weekend Novac Djokovic (jo-ko-vic) retained his ATP World Finals Title beating Rafael Nadal in both sets 6-3 6-4 at the O2 Arena in London. Jo-ko-vic’s next challenge will be at Belgrade, where Serbia plays the Czech Republic in the Davis Cup final from Friday. The defeat didn’t knock Nadal’s proud sportsman-ship as we found out when Freddy Smith caught up with Nadal after the game …..

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Flybe are set to cut 500 jobs this year as the new boss outlines ‘s ‘shrink to grow’ strategy, in hope that it will turn around their struggling business. Even though their numbers have increased since summer , they had warned that serious cuts were going to have to be put in place in order to stop the business going bust. Anna Ranch interviewed Hammad who joined Flybe in August…..

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Creamfields festival has been nominated for four categories in this year’s festival awards, this was including best major festival alongside Download, Reading and Leeds and last year's winner Bestival. The awards ceremony is being held at the Roundhouse in London on December 2nd.

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“Thank you for tuning in for the news at 10 with Rebecca Buckman , we will be back with more up to date news on the hour”

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1 comment:

  1. Rebecca, this is a good news script, you have followed convention, included relevant stories, scriptwriting conventions (phonetic spellings) and used language appropriate to your target audience. Well done!

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