proceedings in the House of Commons begin. Radio 4 marks the first day with an afternoon of live coverage. The station goes on to broadcast Prime Minister's Questions for the next year. 3 July – After just over a year on air, Up to the Hour is cancelled. Consequently, Today once again becomes a continuous two-hour programme. Also, a new weekday 6am News Briefing is introduced. 1979 No events. 1980s 1980 Summer – Due to the continued expansion of BBC Local Radio, regional news bulletins on Radio 4 end, apart from in the south west as this is now the only part of England still without any BBC local station. 1981 No events. 1982 31 December – The last regional opt-out programming on Radio 4 ends when the final edition of Morning Sou'West is broadcast ahead of the forthcoming launch of BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Cornwall. 1983 1 February – In Business is broadcast on Radio 4 for the first time. 1984 No events. 1985 No events. 1986 No events. 1987 3 January – The Today programme is extended to six days a week when it launches a Saturday edition. 9 February – The 9am and 5pm news bulletins on BBC Radio 3 are replaced by a ten-minute bulletin from the BBC World Service. The bulletins are titled World Service News. 1988 15 January – After less than a year, the World Service news bulletins broadcast on Radio 3 are axed. June – After 66 years at Broadcasting House, the BBC Radio News operation moves to BBC Television Centre. 1989 No events. 1990s 1990 8 January – A new 30-minute news programme News 90 replaces the teatime edition of Newsbeat on Radio 1. 1991 17 January–2 March – Radio 4 News FM, the first rolling BBC radio news service is on air during the first Gulf War. It broadcasts on BBC Radio 4’s FM frequencies with the regular scheduled service continuing on long wave. 1992 late March-7 April – For the first time, Radio 4 long wave opts out of the main Radio 4 schedule. It does so to provide additional coverage of the latest developments in the general election campaign. Previously, additional news coverage had been broadcast on FM. 15 October – The BBC announces plans to launch a continuous news service on BBC Radio 4’s long wave frequency. The date of 5 April 1994 is set