It was the cut that left residents feeling trapped - and businesses fearful for the future. But now the V2 bus - which links Atherton to Manchester, is set to return.
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The TV Access Project (TAP), which launched at last year’s Edinburgh TV Festival, has set out how it intends for disability inclusion to be completely integrated into standard industry practice by 2030.
Within seven years, the group said “no disabled talent will feel excluded from the TV industry because of their impairment or condition,” while there will be consistent practice for access needs and “adequate and consistent funding.”
TAP, which is backed by the likes of Help writer Jack Thorne along with major broadcasters and streamers, today announced it was entering a second phase under new project leadership as it moves towards the 2030 target. New leadership will be announced soon.
Over the coming years, TAP will focus on people and pipelines in 2024, embedding its practices within industry partners the following year and will then go through a process of maintaining and monitoring progress before “celebrtating success” in 2030, according to todays plan. More details will be revealed tomorrow during a TAP session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, which is taking place this week.
Deadline revealed the launch of TAP last year including a blueprint to rid the sector of appalling accessibility problems. It was kicked off by BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore, one of the most powerful people in British broadcasting, who helped convene a pan-industry roundtable between disabled creatives, UK industry bosses and groups such as Pact, the CDN, Triple C DANC (Disabled Artists Networking Community) and DDPTV (Deaf and Disabled People in TV) to discuss accessibility and the state of facilities. This followed a damning report from Thorne and others, who revealed a “clear and disturbing” lack of accessible honey wagons,
It was the cut that left residents feeling trapped - and businesses fearful for the future. But now the V2 bus - which links Atherton to Manchester, is set to return.
Prince Harry has returned to the UK where a meeting with his older brother Prince William "would be possible" if either of them wanted to make it happen, a royal expert said. The Duke of Sussex returned to the UK from his Montecito home in California where he now resides with his wife Meghan Markle and their children, to attend The WellChild Awards event on Thursday, 7 September. He has been a Patron of the national charity for sick children, WellChild for the past 15 years and will present the Award for Inspirational Child and deliver a speech.
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Holly Willoughby dodged a question about whether she ‘missed’ former This Morning co-host Phillip Schofield at the National Television Awards. The 42 year presenter was on the red carpet ahead of Tuesday night’s ceremony when she ignored a series of questions from a TV reporter. It came just hours Phillip, 61, unfollowed former pal Holly on Instagram.
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Lady Anne Glenconner – a close childhood friend of the late Queen Elizabeth II and her sister Princess Margaret – has opened up on King Charles' childhood, revealing he was often kept away from his monarch mother as a youngster due to his poor health. Lady Anne maintains a solid connection with the King and still sees him regularly – a friendship which has lasted decades as Charles would often stay at Holkham Hall as a boy with the Earl and Countess of Leicester.
Philip Schofield has yet again been booted from a project that he was involved in following his admission to having an affair with a much younger male colleague. The This Morning presenter, who sensationally left the programme and ITV earlier this year, has now been axed from The Cube Live in Manchester.
Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic It’s the moment of truth for Emerald Fennell, whose “Promising Young Woman” established the actor-turned-auteur (last seen playing pregnant doll Midge in “Barbie”) as a formidable new filmmaking talent. Building on the barbed sensibility she established with “Killing Eve,” the writer-director’s zeitgeist-throttling feature debut lured audiences like a bright red candy apple, leaving them with plenty to debate after the cyanide-laced sugar high wore off.
The Jonas Brothers take on a massive undertaking with their new concert The Tour – they’re performing all of their music every time they take the stage.
Prince Harry and Prince William reportedly have a “non-existent and distant” relationship after previously being “the best of friends”, King Charles’ former Royal butler has revealed. Grant Harrold worked as a butler for King Charles III between 2004 and 2011, back when the King was the Prince of Wales.The butler has opened up on his memories of working with the King, Prince Harry, and Prince William, saying that the relationship between the two princes has become “so distant” after being extremely close in their younger years.
Greater Manchester is responsible for many innovations and inventions, not least when it comes to the culinary world.
The 2023 edition of the Edinburgh TV Festival is drawing to a close after four days of intense industry talks, gossip and Louis Theroux lectures. The halls of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre were buzzing as UK execs, creatives and talent took the chance to get together and talk shop. Here, we outline
This is Day 115 of the WGA strike and Day 42 of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
Tallulah Willis is reflecting on the progress she's made with her health, and she likes what she sees.The 29-year-old actress — and daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore — took to Instagram on Tuesday and shared a photo of her prior to her recovery from an eating disorder, followed by a photo of her progress. The first photo shows Tallulah's mirror selfie while wearing a cropped sweater."[Eating Disorder] pre-recovery image," she captioned the post.The second photo shows a screenshot of a group text with friends, in which she shared a recent photo.
Holly Willoughby is set to return to This Morning in a matter of weeks following her extended summer break in the wake of the Phillip Schofield scandal.
Manori Ravindran Executive Editor of International U.K. consultancy and theatre company Access All Areas is launching a new production outfit, co-led by learning disabled and autistic talent, and focused on improving learning disabled and neurodivergent representation in TV and film. The launch coincides with a renewed drive for inclusion via the TV Access Project — a coalition of U.K.
Kristin Chenoweth is enduring a painful loss. The 55-year-old Broadway star took to Instagram over the weekend to share that her biological mother, Lynn, has died. «The angel that brought me into this world has passed.
Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine has tied with Making Space Media, the TV and film producer that places disabled voices front and center.
Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Viral sensation Oliver Anthony has spoken — or rather written — at length for the first time since his song “Rich Men North of Richmond” became a nearly overnight national phenomenon, going into his circumstances and background and saying he has no intention of rushing into any record deal. “People in the music industry give me blank stares when I brush off 8 million dollar offers,” he wrote in a 730-word message posted to his Facebook account Thursday morning. “I don’t want 6 tour buses, 15 tractor trailers and a jet.
BTS member RM has assured fans that everything is on track for the group to reunite in 2025, once they’ve all got solo projects and military service out of the way.Speaking during a WeVerse livestream, he added that the hiatus was “just like a vacation”, and that each member working away from the group was “a very important journey” in order for them to come back stronger.“What I’m thinking these days, when I’m doing my solo projects, is [that] this is just like a vacation to get back to where I was, which was BTS and Army”.Army as in the BTS fanbase, of course, not the actual army. Even though the actual army is currently keeping some BTS members away from the Army.