Posts Tagged ‘bbc’

Former RAF airbase bought for £1

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

The former airbase at Machrihanish on the Kintyre peninsula is sold for £1, BBC Scotland has learned.

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Former RAF airbase bought for £1

BBC presenter held in Zimbabwe

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

BBC Radio 3 classical music presenter Petroc Trelawny is arrested in Zimbabwe for not having a work permit.

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BBC presenter held in Zimbabwe

VIDEO: From Time Lord to torchbearer

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

Matt Smith, the star of the BBC drama Doctor Who, has started the eighth day of the Olympic torch relay from Cardiff.

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VIDEO: From Time Lord to torchbearer

More evidence of Gers ‘conflict’

Friday, May 25th, 2012

BBC Scotland publishes further evidence about a suspected conflict of interest concerning the administrators of Rangers.

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More evidence of Gers ‘conflict’

BBC renews Match of the Day deal

Friday, May 25th, 2012

BBC agrees a new deal to broadcast Premier League highlights on Match of the Day until the end of the 2015-16 season.

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Call to re-examine MI6 spy death

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

A leading pathologist tells the BBC police should reconsider the possibility that intelligence officer Gareth Williams died alone following the emergence of new evidence.

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Call to re-examine MI6 spy death

NHS ‘paid £17 for pizza base’

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Two prescription gluten-free pizza bases can cost the NHS as much as £35, BBC Newsnight has learned.

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NHS ‘paid £17 for pizza base’

Top of the Pops in stage return

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

BBC music programme Top of the Pops is to return as a stage show, described by its producers as “a nostalgic interactive jukebox”.

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Top of the Pops in stage return

Marr: Labour ‘favoured’ reporters

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Tony Blair’s government favoured some journalists, including ones working for Rupert Murdoch, BBC presenter Andrew Marr tells the Leveson Inquiry.

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Marr: Labour ‘favoured’ reporters

VIDEO: Rose’s PGA Championship preview

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

BBC Sport looks ahead to this year’s PGA Championship at Wentworth with world number 10 Justin Rose.

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Schools saw 87,000 racism cases

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

Thousands of racist incidents, ranging from name calling to physical abuse, were recorded in Britain’s schools between 2007 and 2011, the BBC finds.

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Schools saw 87,000 racism cases

Official ‘offers 2012 tickets’

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of tickets to the London 2012 Games for cash, an undercover BBC London investigation reveals.

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Official ‘offers 2012 tickets’

VIDEO: Official ‘offers 2012 tickets’

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A senior Olympic official was willing to sell thousands of pounds worth of tickets to the London 2012 Games for cash, an undercover BBC London investigation reveals.

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VIDEO: Official ‘offers 2012 tickets’

VIDEO: Michaela McAreavey trial – the first day

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

BBC Newsline’s Natasha Sayee reports on the opening of the trial of two hotel workers for the murder of Michaela McAreavey.

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VIDEO: Michaela McAreavey trial – the first day

BBC Jubilee strike threat lifted

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

The threat of industrial action by BBC journalists and technicians during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee weekend in June is withdrawn.

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BBC Jubilee strike threat lifted