The remit of Radio 5 Live is to be BBC Radio's home of continuous news and live sports coverage. It should aim to bring its audience major news stories and sports events as they happen, and provide context through wide-ranging analysis and discussion.

Programming should be designed to inform, entertain and involve. The service should appeal to news and sports fans of all ages and from all ethnic backgrounds and areas across the UK.

Radio 5 Live will continue to contribute towards the delivery of the BBC's public purposes in the range of ways set out in its service licence. Key developments in the way in which the service will contribute to each purpose are outlined below. These are designed to address the priorities identified by the BBC Trust, future-proof the delivery of the purposes, and address perceived gaps in delivery in line with strategies in the BBC's purpose plans.

1 Sustaining citizenship and civil society

• Priority: Radio 5 Live will produce high-quality and distinctive news output that is more relevant to its listeners through the creation of an innovative core news team within 5 Live to provide news bulletins and coverage of breaking news 24 hours a day across the week.
• We will increase use, promotion and accessibility of listener stories by encouraging greater participation from the audience, building the distinctiveness and originality of 5 Live's journalism.
• We will develop a better understanding of audience knowledge of UK politics in order to find new and creative ways of reporting and explaining the topic.

2 Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence

• 5 Live will explore more creative ways to broaden the audience to coverage of culture and the arts across the station's output.

3 Promoting education and learning

• Priority: A new investigative programme strand Donal MacIntyre will be launched, to build up the profile of 5 Live's investigative journalism and engage a wider audience.
• We will increase coverage and promotion of science and technology on the network.

4 Representing the UK, its nations, regions and communities

• Priority: Innovative multi-platform sports content will be developed around the 2008 Olympics and we will make more sports content available on the red button, mobile and online.
• We will better represent the UK's nations, regions and communities through greater use of outside broadcasts, regional journalists and listeners' own stories.

5 Bringing the UK to the world and the world to the UK

• 5 Live will develop ways to increase audience participation and discussion in key international events, including the US presidential election.

6 Delivering the benefit of emerging communications technologies

• Priority: We will continue to migrate listeners from AM to digital platforms.

Unless otherwise stated, all commitments are minimum hours or percentages and include originations, repeats and acquisitions.
All conditions are annual unless otherwise stated.

Sustaining citizenship and civil society

• c.75% of output to be news coverage

Stimulating creativity and cultural excellence

• Contribute to BBC Radio's commitment to commission at least 10% of eligible hours of output from independent producers