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BBC follows Netflix in using online viewing data to help it pick new shows

Edit The Guardian 07 May 2016
Government could ask BBC to trial pay service as it closes 'iPlayer loophole'. The project has also gathered data from the 6 million-plus people who have signed up for a BBC iD that lets them access personalised services online ... The BBC ID enables tailored services such as recommendations based on viewing habits or notifications when new content such as a video of a favourite musician or a report about a football team are published....

Andy Murray beats Rafael Nadal to reach Madrid Open final

Edit BBC News 07 May 2016
He established an early lead in the opening set of the semi-final, earning three break points in Nadal's second service game and holding his composure to break the Spaniard. The momentum appeared to swing Nadal's way when he responded by taking Murray's serve, but it was the Scot who took the first set with a winning forehand that broke the home favourite for a second time ... Read more on Sport on the BBC....

Senior Conservative MPs and peers in fight to halt radical BBC reform

Edit The Guardian 07 May 2016
A Conservative rift has emerged over a radical plan to reform the BBC, limit its autonomy and divide the licence fee with other broadcasters ... The BBC’s 10-year charter expires at the end of the year ... “Where are these constituencies where the voters worry more about the BBC than they do about having a job, or getting a home, or putting food on the plate?” he asked....

Promposals A Bad Idea? Blowback On Too Public Invitations To The Disabled

Edit Inquisitr 07 May 2016
A BBC article questions whether the promposal is “inspiring or insulting.”. What can easily make for a promposal bad idea, says the BBC piece, is the very public nature of the promposal ... One promposal detractor interviewed by the BBC, blogger Michael Mort, calls this “inspiration porn.” ... “The wording, ‘even in her condition’ also hit quite close to home,” he said....

LivePremiership final day

Edit BBC News 07 May 2016
"I'm feeling alright and still in one piece," he tells BBC Radio 5 live sports extra ... bbc coverageReview of the season. BBC Radio 5 live sports extra. Posted at 13.35 bbc coverage. Without further ado, it's worth bringing to your attention BBC Radio 5 live sports extra's review of the season, which has just got under way over on the wireless ... Chiefs need to win this game to get a home semi-final....

It's a daily battle to balance work and being a mum and wife ... but I wouldn't have it any other way

Edit Belfast Telegraph 07 May 2016
Reading the news, delivering a baby lamb or singing her favourite operas, the BBC's Jo Scott leads a very varied life ... A typical week is broken up with news shifts during the first few days, then filming for her new rural affairs series Home Ground at the end of the week ... I should have asked him for his autograph."The new six-part series Home Ground is on BBC One Northern Ireland on Monday nights at 7.30pm....

Pro 12 semi-finals: Glasgow can beat Connacht and make history - Townsend

Edit BBC News 07 May 2016
They will have learned a lot today," Townsend told BBC Scotland ... "The effort was excellent and I was proud of the way we came back at the end and almost got the draw that would have got us back home in the semi-final ... Glasgow lost away to Ospreys in 2010, and to Leinster in both 2012 and 2013 before coming through home semi-finals against Munster and Ulster in the last two years....

Worker unhurt after cheese 'burial'

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 07 May 2016
The man, named by the BBC as Tomasz Wiszniewski, was trapped after shelves at a food distribution warehouse collapsed on Friday morning ... One of the man's work colleagues told the BBC the sense of relief was "just immense"....

LiveBBC Local Live: Bristol mayor election

Edit BBC News 07 May 2016
"Be ironic if a city that prides itself on not being London, elects a Labour major," writes Mark Jackson on BBC Points West's Facebook page ... Join in and post a comment on Facebook, or by tweeting BBC Radio Bristol or email us. bristol@bbc.co.uk ... However, the BBC's political correspondent Paul Barltrop says the first results are unlikely to decide the contest ... BBC cameraman in place - and we're off....

Airbnb wants to move 'beyond accommodation'

Edit Business Insider 07 May 2016
The company, which allows anyone to let out their home to globetrotters is considering helping travellers arrange holiday activities by pairing hosts and guests for city tours and sporting activities, among other pursuits. Speaking to the BBC, Blecharczyk, who is also the firm's chief technology office, said ... What are the sort of things people are doing outside their home?" he added....

Cardiff City: Football League lift transfer embargo

Edit BBC News 07 May 2016
Slade will be in charge of the team for the last time when they play their final match of the season against Birmingham City at home on Saturday ... Run by the BBC and partners Find ways to get active near you.....

Points system an over-complication that is not needed, says Michael Vaughan

Edit Indian Express 07 May 2016
(Source. AP). Former England captain Michael Vaughan has labelled plans to introduce a points system for the upcoming home series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka as a “nonsense” ... “It’s an over-complication that is not needed,” Vaughan told the BBC ... A further complication is the weighting of the points system ... “I am happy to see how it goes,” Gillespie told BBC World Service radio ...   ....

Scottish Gossip: Rangers, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hearts

Edit BBC News 07 May 2016
Hibs head coach Alan Stubbs denies he is feeling the strain ahead of this afternoon's play-off second leg at home to Raith Rovers, laughing off remarks suggesting his is from rival boss Ray McKinnon ... BBC Football Daily ... Read more on BBC Football Daily ... Run by the BBC and partners Find ways to get active near you. ... For more ideas, information and inspiration, visit bbc.co.uk/getinspired....
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