>>> See the opening of The Speak Out in pictures or listen back to it

Our new Bridgwater studio on the first floor of The Engine Room is small, but perfectly formed!

For the first time, people in Bridgwater are able to talk live into programmes on BBC Somerset Sound.

The studio is also linked to all the BBC national radio stations too - if a story breaks in the area, journalists and interviewees will be able to talk live from Bridgwater on BBC Radio Four or BBC Radio Five Live, or even the BBC World Service.

An aerial has been installed on the roof of the media centre, which means radio reporters will be able to take the radio car to locations around Bridgwater.

Year 9 pupil at Chilton Trinity Technology College Kim Beacham came up with the studio's name as part of a competition.

Her prize is to be a BBC reporter for a day.

She'll work at our newsroom in Taunton, and we hope to broadcast her stories and interviews.

The studio was opened on Wednesday 7 May by local sportsman Shaun Regan.

	Shaun Regan opened The Speak Out

Shaun was injured in a motorcycle accident ten years ago on his way to RNAS Yeovilton, where he worked as an air mechanic.

The accident left him wheelchair-bound and unable to walk, and meant he had to retire early from the Royal Navy.

But the 31 year old has fought back to overcome his physical disability - he's now one of Britain's top wheelchair tennis players and a member of the Great Britain Wheelchair Tennis Team.

There to watch him opening the studio were his wife Sarah and nine-year-old daughter Bryony.

The new studio is also going to be used for training people in audio editing, as part of The Engine Room's programme of training events.

>>> Find out more about BBC Somerset Sound and The Engine Room on their respective websites.

>>> You find out more information about wheelchair tennis on the International Tennis Federation website.

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