Uniting the nation

The cumulative reach for BBC Local Radio in England dropped below 6m in the latest quarterly listening figures. It was down 4.8% year on year, at 5.9m - that compares with 7m in the same quarter in 2013, and 7m in 2008. A saviour is awaited.

Radio Cymru is down 4%, at 119,000 listeners a week. Radio Wales is down 12%, at 317k.  Radio Scotland is down 2%, at 854k. Radio Ulster is down 6%, at 539k.