BBC News

10. June 2009 | 14:11

BBC UK jobs tracker

As the economic downturn continues, the BBC News website tracks a selection of job losses and new jobs created across the UK. (News Source: BBC News - 15:05:28)

BBC news legend Sue Lawley goes off the rails on a train ride through Malaysia and Thailand

BBC news legend Sue Lawley goes off the rails on a train ride through Malaysia and Thailand (News Source: Daily Mail - 11:22:33)

News Corp. seen winning Japanese satellite license

A News Corp. subsidiary is expected to be among nine applicants to receive certification to show programs via a new satellite broadcasting network in Japan, according to a report in the Nikkei newspaper. Programming could begin airing as soon as 2011. (News Source: Market Watch - 12:07:43)

BBC ‘in talks’ over Sir Alan job

The BBC is in talks with Sir Alan Sugar over his new government role after Conservative claims it breaks impartiality rules. (News Source: BBC News - 15:29:38)

Apprentice star Sir Alan Sugar and BBC in talks on tsar role

Sir Alan Sugar is to meet BBC bosses to discuss his new job as Gordon Brown’s enterprise tsar. (News Source: Daily Mirror - 07:40:13)

Online Journalism News

The television licence fee should be shared between all broadcasters, BBC presenter Nick Ross told an industry gathering last night. (News Source: dotjournalism - 10:47:47)

Text your news & pics

Text your news or pictures (plus ‘SLNEWS’ or ‘SLPICS’) to 80360. click here for details Â» (News Source: Wandsworth Guardian - 10:52:37)

Depeche Mode Returns to Tour

The rock band Depeche Mode resumed its world tour on Monday night after coming off the road so that its lead singer, Dave Gahan, right, could recuperate from cancer surgery, BBC News reported. In May the band canceled a performance in Athens, Greece, just before showtime, when Mr. Gahan, 47, fell ill in his dressing room. Initially he was given a diagnosis of severe gastroenteritis, but later … (News Source: New York Times - 22:46:26)

Strange News, Politics, Sport, and Celebrity on the Anorak

RICHARD North looks at how the BNP wants to talk about more than race - and their views on it are odious - and talk about global warming and how the science is biased and the BBC’s representation of that science utterly devoid of balance and circumspection. (News Source: Anorak - 10:24:44)

BBC settles libel battle with IVF doctor

BBC is settling with IVF specialist Mohamed Taranissi over Panorama programme, and may face Â£1m in costs The BBC confirmed yesterday that it has agreed to settle its costly libel battle with the IVF specialist Mohamed Taranissi over a Panorama programme. Last October, the High Court ordered the BBC to pay an estimated Â£500,000 in costs to Taranissi after it withdrew part of its defence . The … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 13:25:20)

Tags related to this post: