Today, most programmes are pre-recorded and it is relatively inexpensive to preserve programming for posterity ; even so, the BBC Charter makes no mention of any obligation to retain all of them.

Today, only the British Monarchy and Tongan Monarchy continue this tradition as the only remaining anointed and crowned monarchs, though many monarchies retain a crown as a national symbol in heraldry.

Today the traditional owners retain a strong and continuing interest, through their traditional rights to, and responsibilities for, the land, in the protection and management of the area.

Today most of the municipality has been built up, except for the Krimpenerwaard where the town council aims to retain the rural character.

Today, Italian military bands ( called in the Italian language as both either banda or fanfara ) even through have an instrumentation order similar to British, French and US military bands, retain the Italian musical favor and heritage.

Today, the principal business of consistory courts is now the dispensing of faculties dealing with churchyards and church property, although they retain the power to hear the trial of clergy ( below the rank of bishop ) accused of immoral acts or misconduct ( under the Clergy Discipline Act 1892 ).

Today some families still retain their Italian identity with restaurants and bakeries.

Today, only some styles of cowboy boot retain a higher heel than other modern riding boots.

" Today most versions of the Bible omit this verse, or retain it as only a marginal reading.

Today only the Garibaldi Brigade, Ariete Brigade and 7th Bersaglieri regiment retain a " fanfara ", although brigade bands play appropriate music at the fast pace for Bersaglieri units integrated into the brigade structure.

Today many people in the islands and the highlands subsequent to the Victoria still retain the suba dialect that is closely related to the Ganda language although it is heavily influenced by the bigger Luo Language.

Today roads in the area of the former colliery retain the name.

Today, the homes retain a satisfactory level of their original features, despite the collapse of the upper floors, and any intervention required permission from the archaeological department.

Today, some kind of court action is usually required, the main exception being certain tax authorities, such as HM Revenue and Customs in the United Kingdom and, in the United States, the Internal Revenue Service -- agencies that retain the legal power to levy assets ( by either seizure or distraint ) without a court order.

Today, Penryn is a busy town and has managed to retain a large amount of its heritage.

Today, approximately a quarter of the chambers buildings in the Inner Temple and Middle Temple include residential accommodation, and current planning policy is to retain this where possible, in order to retain the special " collegiate " character of the Temple Inns of Court.

Today, new models still retain their quality similar to older Matchbox, Dinky and Corgi of decades past.

Today Malbec and Carmenere are rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines.

Today, Võidupüha also marks the contributions of all Estonian nations in their fight to regain and retain their independence.

Today the historic buildings retain their rich heritage, preserving an important part of Californian as well as Spanish, Mexican, and American history.

Today, the main ingredients of Marmite manufactured in the UK are glutamic acid-rich yeast extract, with lesser quantities of sodium chloride ( table salt ), vegetable extract, niacin, thiamine, spice extracts, riboflavin, folic acid, and celery extracts, although the precise composition is a trade secret.

Today there are still Evenki populations in Sakhalin, Mongolia, and Manchuria ( Ethnologue ), and to a lesser extent, their traditional Baikal region ( Janhunen ).

Today, agriculture still plays a part in the economic life of Stirling, given its focus at the heart of a large rural area, but to a much lesser extent than previously.

:" Today I had to answer a letter from your brother which cost me a lot of writing, so I can write very little to you ... You'll readily understand that I had to write a very emphatic letter, because he made no lesser suggestion than that I should take his 2 children into my care, since he would like to make a journey through Germany to England ...

One of Ulverston's lesser known sons is the late Bryan Martin, senior BBC Radio 4 Newsreader and Presenter of the 70s and 80s, whose dulcet tones on the " Today " programme announced to the country the death of Elvis Presley in 1977 and broke the news of the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980.

Today the carol is represented almost exclusively by the Christmas carol, the Advent carol, and to a much lesser extent by the Easter carol ; however, despite their present association with religion, this has not always been the case.

Today, Bay Ridge maintains a sizable Irish, Italian, and Greek population, but like other areas in South / Southwest Brooklyn, late in the 20th century it saw an influx of Russian, Polish, and Arabians, and lesser numbers of Chinese.

Today, Taoism, Buddhism, and to a lesser extent Christianity are also practiced by the Dong people.

Today, many student organizations in Sweden, Finland, and, to a lesser degree, Scotland are still termed nations, while most of the rest of European universities, the organizations are considered corporations.

Today, some are of the opinion that by revealing military plans to the Americans, he foiled a planned Soviet invasion of Poland in 1981 ( resulting in the lesser evil of the martial law ), and in this way may have helped prevent the start of a World War III that would have resulted in the nuclear destruction of Poland ( or revealing those plans made Poland target for NATO nuclear counterstrike ).

Today, the trade justice movement concentrates more on the abolition of agricultural subsidies and dumping, and to a much lesser extent on offsetting penalties on " unfair " goods.

Today, the Ubykh diaspora has been scattered about Turkey and — to a much lesser extent — Jordan.

Today, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, Catalan, and ( to a lesser extent ) Italian commonly use two copulae, one from each of the Latin verbs.

Today, there is a shopping district along 35th Avenue NE, with concentrations of stores at NE 75th Street and NE 85th Street, including a supermarket at each of these corners ; a lesser concentration near NE 95th Street includes the Fiddler's Inn bar, a live music venue, one of relatively few this far from the center of the city.

Today the carol is represented almost exclusively by the Christmas carol, the Advent carol, and to a much lesser extent by the Easter carol.

Today, its revenue is mainly from Europe and Asia, with North American market share becoming a lesser part of its portfolio in terms of revenue.

Today, the building provides residence to many diplomats and government officials, as well as to a lesser number of American University students.

Today, the battle of the Scheldt is seen as an unnecessarily brutal one, as the river could have been taken earlier on with relative ease had the allies not seen it as a lesser priority to Operation Market Garden.

Today, CHFI competes with Hot AC station CHUM-FM, older-skewing AC CKDX-FM, CKLH-FM, and CHRE-FM, as well as, to a lesser extent, Buffalo-based WJYE and WTSS.

Today, CHUM-FM competes with AC station CHFI-FM, and Top 40 stations CKFM-FM, CIDC-FM and CKIS-FM, as well as, to a lesser extent, Hamilton-based AC-formatted station CKLH-FM, St. Catharines-based AC-formatted station CHRE-FM, and Buffalo-based Hot AC formatted station WTSS.

Today some of Lyell's mechanisms for geologic processes have been disproven, though many have stood the test of time.

Today, germanium is mined primarily from sphalerite ( the primary ore of zinc ), though germanium is also recovered commercially from silver, lead, and copper ores.

" Today, Astronomiae Pars Optica is generally recognized as the foundation of modern optics ( though the law of refraction is conspicuously absent ).

Today, the rise of cheap mass production means that this is no longer true, and, though a few expert locksmiths are also engineers and capable of sophisticated repairs and renovation work, the vast majority of locks are repaired by swapping of parts or like-for-like replacement, or upgraded to modern mass-production items.

Today the practice of alternative cuts is more commonplace, though often as a way to make a film stand out in the DVD marketplace by adding new material.

Today, Roman law is no longer applied in legal practice, even though the legal systems of some states like South Africa and San Marino are still based on the old Ius Commune.

Today, though the number of collectors is somewhat less, stamp collecting is still one of the world's most popular indoor hobbies.

Today most events with actor appearances are organized by commercial promoters, though a number of fan-run conventions still exist, such as Toronto Trek and Shore Leave.

" Today, the UMC is generally considered one of the more moderate and tolerant denominations with respect to race, gender, and ideology, though the denomination itself actually includes a very wide spectrum of attitudes.

Today, whist has largely fallen out of favor in the United States, though still somewhat popular among African Americans.

Today, as in his own time ( though for different reasons ), Paley is a controversial figure, a lightning rod for both sides in the contemporary " war between science and religion ".

Today, the Vermont National Guard, composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and Vermont Air National Guard are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys, even though women have served in both branches since the mid-twentieth century.

Today, RS codes are widely implemented in digital storage devices and digital communication standards, though they are being slowly replaced by more modern low-density parity-check ( LDPC ) codes or turbo codes.

Today, the reference plane for an azimuth in a general navigational context is typically true north, measured as a 0 ° azimuth, though other angular units ( grad, mil ) can also be employed.

According to a poll taken by USA Today in 2005, majority of Americans support affirmative action for women, while with minority groups though, it is more split.

Today, the breed is used as a beef stock, though many Texas ranchers keep herds due to their link to Texas history.

Today, most of the world prefers metric measurement by weight, though the preference for volume measurements continues in the United States (" almost exclusively "), North America, Australia, and Sweden.

Today, active female characters who participate equally with the male heroes in the stories are a regular feature in modern sword and sorcery stories, though they are also relied upon for sex appeal.

Today the Tuileries Gardens ( Jardins des Tuileries ) remain, preserving their wide central pathway, though the palace was burned down during the Paris Commune, 1871.

Cellular service has been in place since 2004, and though service is still spotty in some locations, it is expected to improve. USA Today from 2005 about Iraq and its telecommunications Iraqna, an Orascom Telecom company, is the biggest GSM cellular service provider in Iraq.

Today, reproduction percussion firearms are popular for recreational shooters and percussion caps are still available, though most now use non-corrosive compounds such as lead styphnate.

Today, though, his name is most closely associated with Heron's Formula for finding the area of a triangle from its side lengths.

Today most bodegas have shifted their winemaking focus to wines that are ready to drink sooner with the top wines typically aging for 4 – 8 years prior to release though some traditionalists still age longer.

Today there is no legal privilege associated with hereditary titles in Germany, and in Austria they have been banned ( though persisting in social use ).