![]() ![]() Classic BBC children's show is set to return to British TV screens with a modern-day reboot - 48 YEARS after it last aired new episodes.EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Jimmy Savile's free run of St James's Palace when King Charles was based there in the 1980s omitted from the BBC's drama The Reckoning.Is it legal for hairdresser to charge me if I miss an appointment? Consumer rights lawyer DEAN DUNHAM replies.RICHARD EDEN: Zac Goldsmith's sister Jemima says she has become an 'outcast' after their brother Ben hits out at her over the Israel-Gaza conflict.British policewoman, 23, is raped at knifepoint near the base of the Eiffel Tower.Bomb hoax chaos at Manchester Airport: Airfield closed after police receive 'email claiming there was a suspicious package on a flight'.British tourist is among three people 'shot dead by an ISIS-linked terror group' while on gorilla-watching safari in Uganda.Jewish BBC staff are 'shocked' by veteran journalist John Simpson's blog post explaining why the broadcaster won't refer to Hamas as 'terrorists'.SARAH VINE: Nothing has exposed the craven idiocy of the celebrity 'Rolls-Royce revolutionaries' like Hamas's onslaught on Israel.Are we on the brink of WWIII? JUSTIN BRONK reveals how Israeli invasion of Gaza could trigger a wider conflict that could see Russia and China supporting Iran while lining up against America and the West - but stopping short of direct hostilities.A family destroyed by inhuman monsters: Inside the Israel home where a Bristol-born mother was killed alongside her daughter, 13, and 2 others were 'snatched' by sadistic Hamas thugs.Medics at bombed Baptist Hospital speak surrounded by dead children as war of words erupts over who killed them: Israel furiously denies its airstrike left at least 500 dead and blames Islamic Jihad rocket as carnage throws Biden's visit into chaos. ![]() The British Phonographic Industry estimated that 157,000 tapes were sold in the UK by the end of 2020, despite two national coronavirus lockdowns. At the end of last year, it was revealed that cassette sales more than doubled in the UK in 2020. At least 200 billion CDs have been sold since they were made available to the public in 1982.Ĭassette tapes have been experiencing an unlikely surge in popularity recently. Later in his career, while technical director of Phillips Audio, Ottens played a key role in Phillips and Sony’s joint development of the compact disc in 1979. ![]() An estimated 100 billion have since been sold. The following year, the name ‘Compact Cassette’ was trademarked.Īfter making a deal with Sony, Ottens’ design then became the standard cassette used across the globe despite competition from imitators. In 1963, he introduced the first cassette tape at the Berlin Radio Show electronics fair, which superseded the cumbersome reel to reel systems used until that time. READ MORE: Cassette sales are surging, but who’s buying them?.It was there, along with his team, that he developed the world’s first portable tape recorder. Ottens started working for electronics manufacturer Phillips in 1952, and by 1960 had been promoted to head of product development. Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, who is credited with the invention of the audio cassette tape, has died aged 94. ![]()
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