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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Revolution in Sri Lanka: President has pledged to resign as protesters occupy his palace
In Sri Lanka, defiant protestors have continued their occupation of the presidential palace as opposition politicians met to discuss forming a new government. In the face of overwhelming public protests triggered by the dire economic crisis the country is facing, President Rajapaksa has pledged to resign on Wednesday.
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Revolution in Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa flees as protestors storm his palace
Extraordinary scenes in Sri Lanka as crowds storm the presidential palace in Colombo and force the President to flee. It’s the culmination of months of protests over the dire economic situation.
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Can Tories hold on to vulnerable seats in the North?
It was the Tories’ humiliating loss in two key by elections last month which helped to seal Boris Johnson’s fate – so what are the voters saying about his decision to go?
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Thousands of birds dying from lethal strain of avian flu
Thousands of seabirds in colonies across the country are dying with bird flu, washing up along our east coast from Scotland down to Suffolk.
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UK will miss net-zero targets to curb carbon emissions, say government climate advisers
They might have set the goal, but not the means to achieve it.
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New figures show record surge in Amazon deforestation
It was hailed as COP26’s first major deal and was endorsed by more than 100 world leaders – a pledge to end deforestation by 2030.
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Meet the climate activists deflating tyres to stop SUV ownership
The climate activists go out at night and deflate the tyres of SUVs in affluent areas.
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‘Like living in a gas chamber’: the citizens suffering on Clean Air Day
Today is Clean Air Day – the UK’s largest air quality campaign embracing business, schools and the wider community which aims to highlight the dangers of air pollution.
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Rising sea levels: Warning hundreds of thousands of England’s homes at risk
Hundreds of thousands of homes in England are at risk from rising sea levels and coastal erosion, according to a new report.
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Vjosa River to become national park in bid to save Europe’s last wild river
Albania’s prime minister announced today that the country’s wild river system, the Vjosa, is to become a national park.
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Brits captured by Russian forces sentenced to death in Ukraine
The two British soldiers who have been sentenced to death had both served in the Ukrainian army for several years before the war began. They both had Ukrainian partners. Aiden Aslin had been a care home worker in the UK before moving to Ukraine and Sean Pinner had served as a British soldier.
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How the UK’s landscape and wildlife has changed in the last 70 years
From a wildlife perspective, Britain’s countryside and coastlines are now very different to those of 1952.
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G7 nations pledge to phase out coal without setting deadline
Officials from the G7 nations have pledged to phase out coal power, eventually, although they didn’t commit to a specific deadline.
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India and Pakistan heatwave 30 times more likely due to climate change, study finds
The devastating heatwave in India and Pakistan was made 30 times more likely because of climate change, according to scientists.
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Exclusive: British steel industry leaders do not require coal from proposed Cumbria mine
The government is set to decide soon whether a new coal mine in Cumbria should go ahead.
