Faisal Islam
RBS boss Hester admits bailed-out bank will be corporation tax-free zone
Faisal Islam’s full interview with RBS Chief Executive Stephen Hester.
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Channel 4 News Afghanistan coverage awarded
A Channel 4 News portfolio of reports on the war in Afghanistan – “Our war, their war” – wins the Broadcast television award for news and current affairs coverage.
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BSkyB deal could see Murdoch relinquish Sky News
Channel 4 News learns that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is in talks with the government about relinquishing control of Sky News in return for being allowed to buy the remaining part of BSkyB.
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Thank you for the Channel 4 News music
Actor Julian Rhind-Tutt recently revealed that our theme music is one of his favourite pieces. Its composer Alan Hawkshaw tells Channel 4 News that it has been used in some unexpected places.
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A news story for a five-year-old
Ben De Pear, Channel 4 News Foreign Editor, blogs on the end of the Chilean miners rescue and how it was received by a younger than expected audience.
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Jon Snow
Oh to be a hack now that news is here!
A rare 24 hours. It’s been a rollercoaster news moment. We all know that there are days when very little happens and, as journalists, we have to work overtime to distinguish one day’s events from another. But last night a cascade of happenings toppled into one another. Even at the sporting level, there was the…
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What Channel 4 News would like to ask Campbell
Finally for today a few suggestions of our own. Evidence begins at 10h00 – Gary Gibbon will be inside the Inquiry room for the main bulletin and we’ll be Live Tweeting from the press-room next door throughout.
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Jon Snow
All the BBC news that's fit to embed…
I was intrigued to hear BBC Radio News this morning using its own airwaves to “report” its decision to supply video content to a number of newspapers for free. Not a corporate announcement, of course, but a news story of sufficient importance to warrant its place midway through the main bulletin during the peak period…
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Rupert Murdoch delivers 2013 Lowy lecture
Full speech: News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch delivers the 10th Lowy lecture in Sydney, Australia.
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Angelina Jolie stunt double sues over phone hacking
The first US lawsuit against News Corp is launched by the stunt double for Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie, over allegations that the Sun and the News of the World hacked her phone.
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Action in the pool – and beside the pool
It’s all happening at the Aquatics Centre – or rather, outside it – as embattled Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt shakes hands with News Corp CEO Rupert Murdoch. Channel 4 News’s Paraic O’Brien looks on.
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Cameron defends Hunt as pressure for investigation increases
David Cameron defends his refusal to launch an investigation into Jeremy Hunt’s handling of News Corporation’s bid for BSkyB insisting the culture secretary acted ‘wisely and fairly’.
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Cameron: Hunt ‘acted properly’ in BSkyB bid
David Cameron is standing by his Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt despite claims that he misled Parliament over his handling of News Corporation’s bid for BSkyB.
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Gary Gibbon
Hunt, Murdoch and the day Vince lost his powers
As billed, Jeremy Hunt is emphasising the extra and unpopular references and burdens he was willing to put on News Corp over their bid for all of BSkyB. He quotes James Murdoch saying they were “tantamount to killing the deal.” But the real interest so far will be the text exchanges on the day Vince Cable’s sting by the Telegraph was fully disclosed.
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Jeremy Hunt takes the stand at Leveson
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt takes the stand at the Leveson inquiry to answer allegations that include bias and misleading parliament over his handling of News Corp’s failed BSkyB bid.
