Cox will leave her current Radio 1 weekend shows to start work on the new programme, which will also see a high-profile role for The O-Zone presenter Rajesh Mirchandani.

BBC: Cox lands Radio 1 breakfast job

The urban landscape depicted by Paul Theroux in his classic 1986 novel O-Zone, where the rich live in artificial "green" enclaves protected by private corporate armies from the environmentally devastated areas surrounding them that are populated by the rest, will soon move from fiction to fact.

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"A lot of tourists, citizens and residents who live in high rise buildings along the lakefront are not protected, and that's what we are fighting for, " Bond said, adding that the mayor had originally advocated instituting a no-fly zone of 25 miles around O'Hare Airport.

CNN: Chicago gets no-fly zone to protect Sears Tower

Sunderland are without a win in their last eight matches, with Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Manchester United -- the final act of O'Neill's managerial reign -- leaving the team one point above the relegation zone.

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