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Persian Station in Britain Rattles Officials in Iran
The BBC’s Persian-language channel has been singled out as the main threat among foreign news broadcasters for what the Iranian government calls biased coverage.
BBC News - Cheap African solar energy could power UK.
Cheap African solar energy could power UK homes in 2018. Matt McGrath By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent, BBC News. solar An impression of what a large-scale concentrated solar power facility might look like in��.
BBC World News to Be Available Through Comcast
The nation’s largest cable provider plans to offer BBC to nearly 15 million homes by the end of next year.. BBC will announce deal for Comcast to carry BBC World New channel, opening the door to wider distribution channel within the United States, with plans to reach 15 million homes by the end of 2012.
BBC - Autos - Toyota Mirai: Miracle machine or vapourware?
In a rare test drive, the first hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle to be sold directly to the public faces down the pocked streets of San Francisco.
Hold the Phone: Theres Breaking News!
News apps like Flipboard, Circa News and BBC News help keep users updated on breaking events.. Kit Eaton App Smart column compares mobile news applications.
BBC News - Mapped: The beaches where Lego washes up
The story of millions of Lego pieces washing up on beaches attracted huge interest when first told by the Magazine. The list of places where the toys have been spotted is still growing. Beachcomber Tracey Williams has been��.
Iran Arrests Filmmakers Accused of Working for BBC
Authorities said the defendants illegally sold content, including films, to the BBC, which the broadcaster denied.
Former BBC Head Says He Had No Role in Squelching Program
“There is nothing to suggest that I acted inappropriately,” said Mark Thompson, the former BBC director general and incoming chief executive of The New York Times Company.. Mark Thompson, former head of British Broadcasting Corporation, says he was not aware of investigative report prepared for BBC program Newsnight into allegations of sexual abuse against former television personality Jimmy Savile until after investigation was canceled.
Combative BBC Anchor Exits News Program
Jeremy Paxman, the “Newsnight” anchor and one of Britain’s best-known broadcasters, was not exactly known for deferring to the lawmakers who appeared on his TV program.
BBC News - Gilmore Girls star Edward Herrmann dies aged.
Actor Edward Herrmann, best known for his roles in TV show Gilmore Girls and vampire movie The Lost Boys, has died aged 71. The 6ft 5in star had been diagnosed with brain cancer and was in intensive care in New York��.
BBC - Autos - Revealed: Aston Martins new Bond car
The svelte coupe will feature in the latest chapter in the Daniel Craig-anchored 007 franchise, dubbed Spectre.
#BBCtrending: Americans, this is pointless
Almost 40,000 people have commented on a thread on Reddit which asked non-Americans to talk about US customs they find strange, pointless or even outrageous. The way prices are marked in US shops, large numbers of lawyers or obsessive tipping. it .
Windows Phone Gets BBC Sport App, No BBC News Yet
Good news Windows-loving sports fans, the BBC has just launched a new BBC Sports app for Windows Phone but no official BBC News app yet.
BBC - Future - Are these the five craziest space missions?
Weve landed on a comet ��� so where next? David Robson rounds up five of the strangest space missions that are already on the cards.
Charlie Hebdo attack: Witness accounts
There was a lot of people dead on the floor, and there was blood everywhere, he told the BBC. Another journalist from the same office described seeing bodies on the ground, rivers of blood and people seriously injured, in an interview with Itele.
CES 2015: The charger that boosts battery in seconds
The BBC is the first to have been shown the new kit, apart from tech industry executives who had to sign non-disclosure agreements. Its not something that can be retrofitted to existing devices, since most phones would be fried by the 40 amps of.
Who, What, Why: Is it harder to run in the Sahara Desert or the North Pole?
Polar explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes is to run the Marathon des Sables in the Sahara Desert. Whats the difference between hot and cold endurance tests, asks Tom de Castella. He once sawed his fingertips off after a bad case of frostbite. But Sir Ranulph .
The Breakfast Meeting: Coke Buys Into Spotify, and the BBC Abuse Probe Widens
. Also, News Corporation edges closer to investing in the Yankees cable network, and a book investigating Scientology will be published in January.
3 BBC Journalists Report Being Tortured in Libya
The correspondents say they were physically abused and psychologically terrorized for 21 hours after being detained trying to reach the scene of a battle 30 miles from the capital.
A Tabloid ‘Fake Sheikh, Bane of Crooks and Royalty, Finds Hes Now the Story
For years, the British reporter Mazher Mahmood has baited celebrity targets in order to produce scoops, but now an unflattering glare has been turned on him.. Former British Sun reporter Mazher Mahmood, who for three decades posed as wealthy sheikh in order to uncover prostitution, drug trade and other crimes, has come under public scrutiny with release of BBC documentary; Mahmood, long a star in Rupert Murdochs British tabloid stable, has come to represent Britains journalistic excesses.
BBC, Under Criticism, Struggles to Tighten Its Belt
The BBC, the world’s biggest and oldest public broadcasting company, has effectively sentenced itself to a 16 percent budget cut through 2017.
BBC Sound Of 2015: Stormzy interview
Unsigned grime artist Stormzy has come third in the BBCs Sound Of 2015 list, which aims to showcase emerging artists for the coming 12 months. Born Michael Omari in Croydon, south London, the MC calls himself a child of grime who rejected slick US .
Stormzy Comes In Third In BBC Sound Of 2015 | MTV UK
Related news. MTV Wrap Ups Ones To Watch: 2015 �� The Wrap Ups Maya Jama Meets Stormzy. Its been beautiful, but theres been a lot of hard work and thought put into it as well, he went on to add. It may come as a��.
BBC and News Corp. Sharpen Attacks
Usually the BBC and News Corp. clash over matters like broadcasting regulations; now they are battling over a racecar driver who took a turn as a writer.
AirAsia QZ8501: Bad weather prevents tail retrieval
The BBCs Alice Budisatrijo was on board an Indonesian warship tasked with retrieving the tail. She said divers planned to tie a rope to the tail section and then use an inflatable device to pull it out of the water. However, the currents were too.
Outrage at NHS cancer drugs move
Eric Lowe, chief executive of Myeloma UK, told the BBC: Our feeling is the Cancer Drugs Fund is not sustainable, its a policy anomaly and we dont understand why the Conservatives and Labour are intent on continuing with it in some form. The drug .
Santiago Calatrava rebuilds St Nicholas Church on Ground Zero
. church will also be a small building, made of stones extracted in Vermont and covered by a cupola that lights up from the inside at night. The Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava, who designed the church, explains his inspiration to.
BBC Sound Of 2015: James Bay interview
Discovered after a fan uploaded a video of him performing in a Kentish Town pub, James Bay has come second in the BBCs Sound Of 2015. With a husky voice, chiselled cheekbones and a wide-brimmed hat, the singer-songwriter has been tipped as the .
BBC News staff dance around Christmas tree live on TV.
Media Monkey: Viewers of the BBC News channel could be forgiven for thinking they had enjoyed a little bit too much of the festive spirit on Christmas Day.
Bill Cosby receives standing ovation despite protests
After a standing ovation, one audience member told the BBC, the show was everything he hoped it would be. But outside, it was bitterly cold. Protestor Aaron Cornish told the BBC that Cosby cant hide from the 27 women who have come forward by using .
Gossip column: Messi, Balotelli, Cech, Milner, Townsend, Lambert
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Conservatives would cap redundancy payouts for NHS.
The Conservatives would stop public sector workers in the NHS, BBC and civil service getting six-figure redundancy packages if they win the election, the party will say on Saturday. In a new manifesto pledge, the Tories will commit to capping payouts at less than ��95,000. The party said it would. feedback �� complaints and corrections �� terms and conditions �� privacy policy �� cookie policy �� securedrop. �� 2015 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
BBC Journalists Call Off Strike
The journalists’ union said the new talks were dependent on management’s dropping disciplinary action against three employees for a strike last week.
BBC Tactics in Covering North Korea Are Faulted
Reporters who joined students from the London School of Economics on a North Korean trip did not disclose their true purpose and filmed an undercover documentary, the university said.. London School of Economics announces that three BBC journalists who joined group of students on sight-seeing trip to North Korea and secretly filmed undercover documentary did not disclose their true purpose to the university; demands that BBC pull television film, entitled North Korea Undercover, from broadcast schedule and issue an apology.
Imran Khan confirms marriage to BBC presenter Reham.
BBC. The news proved a backlash in Pakistan. The newspaper goes on to state that Imran said: I want to create a new Pakistan not only for you, but also for me ��� because once a new Pakistan becomes a reality, I will marry..
First-time buyers rose by 22% in 2014, says Halifax
The number of first-time property buyers has risen to its highest level in seven years, according to one of the UKs largest lenders. The Halifax estimates that 326,000 people bought their first home in 2014, a rise of 22% compared to the year before.
Gaza Strip: Abbas Says Reporter Is Alive
The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said his intelligence services had new information that confirmed that Alan Johnston, the BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza City on March 12 and not seen since, is alive. Speaking to reporters in Stockholm, he also said he knew which group was holding Mr. Johnston.
Rogue computerised cameras plague BBC news presenters.
Numerous incidents have been recorded and posted on the internet of the computer-controlled cameras suddenly zipping off or turning away from presenters when they are reading news bulletins live. One BBC News��.
Top BBC Figures Acknowledge ‘Errors’ in Reporting Scandals
The remarks by Chris Patten, the head of the supervisory BBC Trust, and Tim Davie, the acting director general, came as they were addressing a parliamentary panel.. Chris Patten and Tim Davie, senior figures at British Broadcasting Corporation, admit before parliamentary panel to organizational failures and poor judgement in networks false implication of Conservative Party politician Alistair McAlpine in sexual abuse scandal; Patten does offer sympathetic defense of former director general George Entwistle, who resigned.
Internal Documents Portray BBC as Top-Heavy, Bickering and Dysfunctional
Some 3,000 pages released Friday paint a picture of a top-heavy organization weighed down by mistrust, poor communication, buck-passing and squabbling.. BBC releases some 3,000 pages of internal documents from external investigation into why program about BBC presenter and alleged pedophile Jimmy Saville had been canceled; they paint picture of top-heavy organization weighed down by mistrust, poor communication, buck-passing and squabbling.
BBC News - Luke Somers: Yemen hostages family in video.
The family of UK-born American hostage Luke Somers release a video appealing to al-Qaeda militants in Yemen to show mercy and release him.
BBC Staff Faces Discipline for False Child-Sex Report
In the midst of a separate scandal relating to the television host Jimmy Savile, the BBC is disciplining news personnel over reporting that wrongly implicated a Conservative Party politician.. British Broadcasting Corp says it will begin disciplinary action against unidentified news personnel linked to scandal over child abuse report that wrongly implicated Conservative Party treasurer Alistair McAlpine; action comes three weeks after network became embroiled in separate abuse scandal involving television host Jimmy Savile.
The worlds biggest ship - for 53 days
The worlds biggest ship - for 53 days. By Justin Parkinson BBC News Magazine. CSCL Globe. Continue reading the main story. In todays Magazine · Why I tweeted Muhammad cartoon · What difference would it make if Ched Evans said sorry? Is it harder to .
Political row deepens over AandE problems
The hospital had nearly 200 beds occupied by patients who were ready for discharged - a fifth of the total. Research by the BBC has found this is not an isolated problem. BBC News contacted 64 NHS trusts around the UK on Wednesday to ask about these .
South Australia fires: Hundreds of animals dead
The koala, found in the Adelaide Hills, would likely have died if it had not been rescued, AMWRRO President Aaron Machado told the BBC. He said staff were confident the koala would recover in a couple of months and be released back into the wild.
Anchors Get Giddy Around The Crown
Why do American television anchors make spectacles of themselves when covering events that involve British royalty?. Alessandra Stanley The TV Watch lampoons the overly ceremonious and giddy demeanor of American television anchors covering jubilee celebration for Queen Elizabeth II.
BBC News - SpaceX scrubs rocket recovery launch - BBC.com
US company SpaceX has postponed an experiment to bring part of its Falcon rocket down to a soft landing on a floating sea platform. The firm has now rescheduled the Cape Canaveral demonstration for Friday. Once the first��.
BBC News - DarkHotel hackers targets company bosses in.
Companies are being warned about ongoing hack attacks that target hi-tech entrepreneurs and other corporate executives in their hotel rooms. The campaign has been dubbed DarkHotel and is believed to single out specific��.
2 Executives Step Aside at the BBC as Turmoil Over Reporting Deepens
The crisis over the BBC’s reporting of a decades-old sexual abuse scandal deepened on Monday as two more senior executives withdrew at least temporarily from their jobs.. British Broadcasting Corp struggles to contain spreading crisis over its reporting of decades-old sexual abuse scandal as director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell withdraw temporarily from their jobs in wake of resignation of director general George Entwistle.
Dwarf elephant beats up big rival
���At the time, I didnt even notice it was a dwarf,��� Nilmini Jayasena from the University of Peradeniya in Sri Lanka, who saw the animal in 2012, told BBC Earth. ���It was a quick glimpse, mostly through the camera view finder.��� A year later, Jayasena.
Rita Ora shows too much cleavage on The One Show: BBC.
VIEWERS of The One Show were left outraged when Rita Ora wore a rather risqu�� outfit for her appearance on the sofa this week.
BBC, Facing Budget Cuts, Will Trim World Service and Lay Off 650
Facing a 16 percent reduction in its budget, the BBC World Service said that it would close five of its 32 language services and reduce its workforce by about a quarter.