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Hello!

I鈥檓 Karolina Iwaszko, executive product manager in 主播大秀 Future Media.

Together with the Travel News Team, I am happy to announce that a new version of the 主播大秀 Travel website聽

This means it will run alongside the existing site for the next few months during the 鈥榖eta period鈥� and will eventually replace it once we鈥檝e fully tested it, added key functionality and given users a chance to give us their feedback.

The first change regular users may notice is that we鈥檝e simplified the name from 主播大秀 Travel News to 主播大秀 Travel, but we have also completely redesigned the user experience and technical architecture of the service. This makes the site more customisable and easier to use across multiple devices.

For example, the new 主播大秀 Travel Beta has been designed to automatically fit screen sizes in a fully responsive way, optimising the site鈥檚 layout for any device you access it from, whether that鈥檚 a desktop, mobile or tablet:

One of the other major improvements is the ability to search for your local town, county or postcode and see the results displayed for the exact location you鈥檙e interested in. The new functionality gives users much more freedom and control over the level of detail displayed, as you can now see incidents for specific roads or areas, as opposed to the fixed regions of the existing site.

We have also replaced the static map, which could only show results for predefined areas, with an interactive map. The new map is available for devices with screen sizes above 767 pixels (desktop and tablets), allowing you to view results for any area within the UK and Channel Islands.

You can easily zoom in and out as well as pan from the results page by 鈥樷�檊rabbing鈥� the map with the cursor and moving it in the direction you want. The interactive map will automatically update the results for the location you navigate to.

If you鈥檙e using a device with a screen smaller than 767 pixels, such as a smartphone or a small tablet, you will still be able to view a full list of travel incidents but they will be displayed without the map, making it more user-friendly for on-the-go access.

The 主播大秀 Travel Beta includes the core 鈥榬oad incidents鈥� functionality at launch but more features will be added throughout the beta period, for example incidents for other modes of transport, like rail or underground etc. We鈥檒l update this post as soon as new features go live so watch this space for more information, or if you start using the Travel Beta site聽 regularly you鈥檒l see them appear automatically.

I聽hope that you like the new version of 主播大秀 Travel and find it more intuitive and easier to use. We鈥檙e keen to hear your feedback so please do share your comments with me and the team by commenting on this post, or alternatively contact us at travel.beta@bbc.co.uk.

More detail on how the 主播大秀 Travel team designed and developed the beta site will be provided in a future post.

Karolina Iwaszko is Executive Product Manager, 主播大秀 Travel

From the left (standing):Chris Rudd, Joe Fung, Tom Mould, Karolina Iwaszko, Jae Task, Amanda Dahl, Marceli Janowski, Tundi Awoyemi, James Cryer
On the screens: Iwan Roberts, Emelie Morah, Paul Rissen, Adil Hussein, Alfonso Fernandez聽Barandiaran and Takako Tucker