Alex Thomson , Chief Correspondent
Alex is the longest-serving on-screen journalist on C4 News since the channel began. In more than 25 years he's covered over 20 wars; led major investigations and continues to front the programme from around the world.
His journalism has won several BAFTA and EMMY awards; two New York Film and TV Awards and in 2011/12 he was named TV Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society.
He's written two books about the 1991 Gulf War and a travelogue about cycling across India.
He has been External Examiner at Cardiff and currently Bournemouth Schools of Journalism and is Honorary Fellow in Journalism at Falmouth School of Journalism.
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Revealed: Government facing legal complaint for failing to take action over dirty diesels
It was the scandal that shamed a global brand – so-called ‘dieselgate’ – which exposed Volkswagen for fitting devices to cheat emissions tests.
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Climate scientists give “survival guide for humanity” in landmark UN report
“There’s a rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future” , scientists say.
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Battle to protect Tyne Bridge’s endangered residents for 100 year celebration
It’s a much loved fusion of north-east steel, engineering, pride and beauty, it is the symbol of the Geordie nation. It is of course the Tyne Bridge. It is soon to be a hundred years old but showing its age. So a massive repainting job is about to begin.
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Pay offer for nurses ‘doesn’t go far enough,’ says Royal College of Nursing member
How do those who will be voting on a new NHS pay offer feel?
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UK’s native plants outnumbered by invasive species for first time
After two decades of research into every single plant species in Britain and Ireland – the data is finally out there. Botanists say the Plant Atlas is a priceless tool which politicians could deploy to stop the crisis in our depleted natural world from becoming a catastrophe. The document comes out tomorrow but our Chief…
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‘It’s a great day’: Environmentalist on historic UN Oceans Treaty
We speak to Simon Walmsley, Chief Marine Adviser at the World Wide Fund for Nature, who was in New York for the historic Oceans Treaty deal.
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UN agrees major treaty to protect Earth’s oceans
It’s been described as the “learning journey of a lifetime”, as nations finally agreed an historic deal to protect the world’s ocean, after years of talks.
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Fountains Abbey: How monastic ruins are being preserved from climate change impact
The monastic ruins of Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire have stood for almost a thousand years.
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Greece train crash: At least 36 killed in head-on collision
At least 38 people have been killed and dozens were injured after a head-on-collision between a passenger and a cargo train in Greece.
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Fruit and veg shortage: what has caused it and how long will it last?
Aldi and Tesco have joined Asda and Morrisons in limiting customers on certain fresh fruit and veg in response to shortages of supply.
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Turkey-Syria Earthquake: First UN aid convoy reaches border
The frantic hunt for survivors in the devastating earthquake last week which has so far claimed 38,000 lives in Turkey and Syria is slowing to a trickle as the clamour for aid and equipment intensifies.
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Turkey earthquake: calls for more aid as hospitals overwhelmed with victims
A week after the earthquake in Turkey, international aid is arriving but hundreds of thousands of people are without basic supplies or places to live.
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Turkey quake: over a hundred arrest warrants issued over building safety
More than 33,000 people are now known to have died after Monday’s earthquakes in Turkey and Syria – and each hour rescue workers find yet more bodies in the rubble of destroyed towns. Remarkably, some people are still being found alive. Earlier today a ten year old girl was among survivors pulled out of collapsed…
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Turkey Syria earthquake: more incredible rescues but death toll passes 25,000
More than 25,000 people are now confirmed to have died in Turkey and Syria, after the powerful earthquakes which struck the region on Monday. As rescue teams continue to search through destroyed buildings that number is expected to rise. Incredibly, some people are still being pulled out alive, after more than 130 hours trapped under…
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Turkey Syria earthquake: Children still being pulled out alive as death toll hits 23,000
It’s now 108 hours since the first quake struck here at just after 4am on Monday when so many people were buried in over six thousand buildings that collapsed.
