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18 unusual facts about BBC News


2005 Iranian Air Force C-130 crash

BBC News reported that journalists at the scene were attacked by Iranian security forces, who confiscated their tapes.

2012 Gorno-Badakhshan clashes

BBC News reported at least 12 soldiers and 30 militants had been killed, but also spoke with a hospital source who reported more than 100 military personnel and 100 civilians dead.

Adolph McQueen

In 2003 BBC News reporters described McQueen personally curtailing their tour of Guantanamo when captives were allowed to see them, and called out to them.

Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi

The BBC News reported his name was "Ali Abdul Rahman al-Ghamdi", CNN reported his name was "Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi".

According to the BBC News Ali Abd al-Rahman al-Faqasi al-Ghamdi surrendered on June 26, 2003, shortly after he had been listed as the second most senior wanted individual on the first Saudi most wanted list.

Anton Suryapin

On 24 July, Suryapin still had been not been released from prison, leading BBC News and other sources to conclude that charges had been filed against him, as Belarusian law only allows ten days of detention without charge.

Canaan, Haiti

The same month, the BBC News website posted an article detailing many of the same concerns about Canaan in written form.

Darwin, California

In April 2012, BBC News featured a video of local residents describing their wishes to replace dial-up Internet access with broadband.

Dave Crenshaw

The BBC News described Crenshaw as a multitasking expert, and wrote that Crenshaw says that to be productive it is best not to multi-task at all.

Delphine Djiraibe

BBC News has described her as "one of Chad's most prominent human rights lawyers".

DeskSpace

On February 6, 2009, DeskSpace was reviewed on the BBC News 'Click' television segment.

Gavdos

However, according to a 2008 BBC News report the island now features stable electrical power, and young medical graduates can serve for six months on Gavdos in lieu of compulsory military service.

ITV Nightscreen

Broadcasts on BBC One had ceased in November 1997 when BBC News was launched as BBC One carries BBC News as an overnight filler although occasional Ceefax broadcasts were seen on BBC One Scotland.

John Nielsen-Gammon

The story had been covered by BBC News but had not at that time gained wider publicity.

Muhammad Naeem Noor Khan

According to the BBC Shahid said "Nur Khan deceived all the fundamentalists in prison and informed on fundamentalist cells around the world.".

Pakistanis in Afghanistan

In January 2008, BBC reported that about 6,000 Pakistanis from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa crossed into Afghanistan, which included women and children.

The New Islander

Professional writers who have written for such publications as the New York Times, Huffington Post, NPR, and BBC News also make up the magazine's regular contributor base.

The Poppy Fields

In an interview with BBC News Online, Mike Peters said "The Alarm, most famous for their 1983 hit '68 Guns', were not taken seriously by DJs" because of a combination of the age of the band's members and a perception that their image was outdated.


Alix Pryde

In 2003 Alix was promoted to Head of Strategy for BBC News and subsequently BBC Journalism, where she worked alongside Mark Byford, the deputy Director General, in leading the BBC "Creative Future Journalism" project.

Andrew MacKay

In an interview with Matthew Amroliwala on BBC News the following morning, MacKay apologised for his error of judgement.

BBC South West

A year later, the bulletin was expanded and relaunched as the news magazine programme South West at Six (hosted by Sheila Tracy) before being renamed again on 30 September 1963 as Spotlight South West.

Chris Roebuck

Roebuck appears regularly on both TV and radio globally as a leadership expert, including BBC News, BBC World Business, BBC Breakfast, The Money Programme, Bloomberg, CNBC,CNN, Sky, Al Jazeera, Swiss and Russian National Television, BBC UK, World Service and Australian Radio channels.

Colette Hume

Colette Hume is the Education Correspondent for BBC Wales Today as well as a network stand-in for Wales Correspondent Wyre Davies for BBC News network services.

Cult Information Centre

BBC News has cited the Cult Information Centre's five key factors that distinguish a cult, in an article on Scientology.

Jon Gaunt

He also appears as a contributor to television programmes such as Question Time, Countdown, Diff'rent Strokes, The Daily Politics and BBC News.

Kasia Madera

She fronts the overnight bulletins on the BBC News and BBC World News, presenting the Newsday strand Thursday through Sunday from London with Rico Hizon or Sharanjit Leyl in Singapore.

Mustapha Karkouti

He is a frequent guest on TV and radio talk shows, such as BBC News's Dateline London.

Na'ima B. Robert

She has spoken in support of the niqab in numerous British media, including The Daily Telegraph, BBC News, The Times Online, BBC Radio 4's The Moral Maze and Channel 4’s Undercover Mosque series; as well as speaking to Muslim and international media outlets, such as for Islam Channel and AIM TV.

Nick Thorpe

Nick Thorpe (born 1960) is the Central Europe Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24 hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service.

Rohit Brijnath

He has also worked for India Today and has written a recurring sports column for the BBC News website since 2004.

UK Today

UK Today was a BBC television news programme shown on most digital satellite and digital terrestrial versions of BBC One and BBC Two.

William James Austin

Along with Igor Satanovsky, Julia Solis, Bill Keith, Richard Kostelanetz, and a growing list of experimental Russian language writers, William James Austin publishes with Koja Press which has been featured in a New York Times article, on BBC News, and on NTV.

Yahya Jammeh

In July 2006, journalist Ebrima Manneh of The Daily Observer was reportedly arrested by state security after attempting to republish a BBC report criticizing Jammeh shortly before an African Union meeting in Banjul; his arrest was witnessed by coworkers.