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Issue
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Simon
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Hello
and welcome to the latest edition of The Buzz - this week we truly go
global with our cricket coverage and find out how some staff at BBC Sussex
& BBC Surrey have been keeping cool in the hot weather.
As always,
I'd love to hear from you so please don't hesitate to get in touch. thebuzz@bbc.co.uk
or call or text me on 07912 583273.
Howzat!!
The sports
boys here at BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey certainly work very hard but
last week they surpassed themselves. Our web commentary of Sussex versus
the Australians attracted thousands of listeners from across the globe!
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go global! |
Johnny Cantor
from the sports team told The Buzz "On Day One we got over 26,000
"hits" on our online cricket commentary described by the BBC
Sport web bosses as - by far the biggest audience we've had for an online
cricket commentary so far this summer."
"The
e-mails came in from Billingshurst to Bahrain via Belfast. As well as
Adelaide and Melbourne!!! I think it just goes to show the invaluable
service BBC local Radio can provide for our listeners at home, in the
ground and across the globe"
Here are
a selection of the emails we've received from around the world:
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- Not
as far away as Australia, but a little more off-the-cricketing-beaten-track,
as it were, I'm listening to you in Taiwan. Great work so far
from Sussex, but don't beat the Aussies too badly - we could do
with inducing a false sense of security! Enjoying the commentary
- thanks! Simon
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- Many
thanks for your coverage - this match and the next are very important
to Australia's preparations and selection choices for the upcoming
series. You have many listeners in Australia. Great to hear you
over the web. Cheers Nathan (Perth / Australia)
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- I
have been listening to the commentary since the match started
as I am a huge Sussex fan. Who do you think has been the county
season's best player? Thanks Vaibhav, Bahrain P.S. Thanks for
reading my question out loud.
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John Lees
was one of our commentators - he told The Buzz ""I'm a fan of
several of the Aussie players - Brett Lee, who always seems to have time
for people, Michael Clarke, who couldn't play an ugly shot if he tried
and Simon Katich, who I had a good chat with at Arundel on an earlier
tour."
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| "Gentleman
of Sport" John Lees |
"My
favourite moment of the game at Hove was when Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting
dropped an absolute sitter at mid wicket, enabling Carl Hopkinson to go
on to score a hundred"
Good Morning
Surrey!
I'm delighted
to tell you that we'll soon have a new presenter for BBC Surrey's weekday
breakfast show.
Nick Wallis
is a highly experienced television reporter and presenter whose credit's
include work at ITN, Sky and Five News. Nick who grew up in Surrey, started
his journalism career at BBC Oxford and has worked with our network colleagues
at Radio 1 and Five Live.
He's certainly
been at the sharp end of media coverage, interviewing everyone from Tony
Blair through to Hollywood star, Halle Berry! Nick will begin broadcasting
on BBC Surrey in September while Mark Carter will be returning to his
Surrey drivetime programme.
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| Nick
Wallis - the new presenter for BBC Surrey's weekday breakfast show |
Nick told
the Buzz that he's relishing the chance to present a flagship news-based
show in a county he knows and loves: "I was thrilled when BBC Surrey
was brought back and I can't wait to join it’s great team. I want
to be part of a success story for the station, grow the audience and serve
the listeners of Surrey with a breakfast show like no other."
"Surrey
is an important county and deserves an agenda-setting programme which
is entertaining and relevant to peoples' lives."
Welcoming
Nick, Managing Editor of BBC Sussex and BBC Surrey, Nicci Holliday told
the Buzz that his commitment to news reporting was a significant factor
in the appointment: "Nick is going bring a new dimension to the Surrey
Breakfast Show. We were really impressed by his news and journalistic
background as well as his affection for the area. I really hope our listeners
will take him to their hearts and enjoy the breakfast show"
Global
Reaction…
The death
of Michael Jackson has reverberated around the world and on BBC Sussex
& BBC Surrey we've had a wide selection of reaction.
Danny Pike
put in a call to MY104-FM in Los Angeles and spoke to their morning man
"Valentine" who was asking what would happen to all the people
who'd bought tickets to the Jackson gigs at the O2 and what the reaction
was in the UK to the news which had broken overnight.
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| The
death of Michael Jackson has reverberated around the world |
Valentine
also reported that friends of his had witnessed Michael Jackson rehearsing
at the Staples Centre in LA and reported everything going well and Michael
seemingly on good form, making his sudden death even more puzzling.
Later, Danny
was also invited to give the view from this side of the pond for other
stations in the United States including KOST-FM's Mark & Kristin in
Los Angeles plus Don & April of STAR-FM and Morris Knight on 98.1
Kiss-FM both in San Francisco.
Twisting
by the pool!
With temperatures
soaring over the last week - it's been a full time job for staff here
at BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey just to stay cool!
Well, Mark
Carter decided the best way was to make a splash on his Surrey breakfast
show! They broadcast the last hour from Guildford Lido, which opened early
especially for them!
Mark, Emma
and Gurinda enjoyed a dip, along with Fanny from Fanny's Farm Shop who
provided the picnic!
Fancy dipping
a toe in your local Lido? You can find out which one is closest to you,
plus loads more about the history of open air pools in our Rekindling
Love for the Lido feature on our website.
Best
foot forward!
The Chase
Hospice in Surrey is looking for women to take part in a charity 5 kilometre
Fun Run in on September 6th, in London's beautiful Hyde Park.
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| Get
those trainers on and those legs moving for Chase! |
The hospice
which looks after young people, with life limiting illnesses has a few
guaranteed places to early entrants. Why not raise some much needed cash
for Chase while enjoying a great day out? Find out more from tina.aston@chasecare.org.uk
Another
new arrival…..
In the last
edition I told you about little Poppy Pringle (who's doing very well by
the way!) Well, there's been another addition to the BBC Sussex and BBC
Surrey extended family! Our Religious Producer Emily Jeffery has become
a proud mum again, to Rosie Tabitha Perry who was born on the 15th of
June weighing 8lbs 10 oz.
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| Proud
Mum Emily, Rosie and her big sister |
Emily has
also been shortlisted for a prestigious Religious Broadcasting Award for
a report she made for BBC Sussex & BBC Surrey over Easter! The winner
will be announced in October so we are keeping our fingers crossed!
Fabulous
florals and fantastic fauna!
Excuse the
alliteration, but it pretty much sums up this year's Hampton Court Flower
Show, which is being held this week, at Henry VIII's favourite palace
on the River Thames.
The Surrey
based flower show started in 1990, although the Royal Horticultural Society
involvement, which continues today, actually came in 1993.
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| Hampton
Court gets the bee's vote! |
This year's
event celebrates the 500th anniversary of Henry coming to the throne of
England, and many of the gardens, floral displays and events throughout
the showground, reflect that.
However,
another great British tradition has also influenced the first few days
of the show..... yes, the weather! It may have got off to a somewhat soggy
start, but that hasn't dampened the spirits of the thousands gardening
enthusiasts who have already, or are planning, to visit.
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| This
is more like it, somewhere to sit and watch someone else do all the
hard work! |
If you prefer
not to take your chances with the elements, you can click
here to see pictures of the event, so you can enjoy the
horticulture show too!
And if you
have already been and taken some shots, email us at surrey@bbc.co.uk
with your pcitures and we'll share them with everyone, on the website.
Sounds
of Surrey
Doesn't time
fly? Why, it only seems like a handful of months have passed since we
last trotted off to Guildford's Stoke Park to join in the fun at Guilfest.
But it's
been a whole year, and this coming weekend sees a return of Surrey's largest
family music festival.
As usual
we'll have our two trusty photographers Darrell and Mark out and about,
taking snaps of happy festival revellers, so if you see us, come and say
hi and have your picture taken for our annual
Guilfest gallery.
And before
you set off, tell us what you are looking foward to at this year's event,
and is there anything you don't enjoy about the Guildford festival? Let
us know here.
And finally....the
man from Atlantis sets off
Remember
a couple of weeks ago we told you about Andy Butler, the local man who
is planning to swim the English Channel for the first time, to raise money
for the Surrey Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus?
Well, Andy,
whose brother Michael, who lived with the condition for many years, completed
his 5th
and final update online for us this week, after getting
the go-ahead for his swim!
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| Andy
gets ready to go! |
If everything
goes well, Andy will be setting off from Dover at 1am tomorrow morning
(Thursday), complete with illuminated swimming hat and shorts (!!) so
his pilot boat can see him in the dark!
We wish him
every success with his epic swim, and will let you know how he gets on,
as soon as he arrives at the other side!
You can read more about Andy and his training, or visit his Just Giving
web page by clicking
here.
That's
it for this week's edition - please keep emailing me your ideas for stories
or features at thebuzz@bbc.co.uk
Oh and
please continue to pass it on - after all the more of us there are then
the bigger buzz we can make!
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