Alex Thomson
But until a buyer is found for the Coryton refinery in Essex, it could be a rougher ride than ever on the wallet at the garage forecourts across London and south eastern England.
Alex Thomson
Just 28 miles east of London, the giant Coryton oil refinery is shutting down. None of this is going to make filling up that tank any cheaper.
Alex Thomson
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson returns to Dale Farm three months after travellers there were evicted.
Alex Thomson
As the US begins its withdrawal from Afghanistan and sets up an official Taliban office in Qatar, Alex Thomson looks at what 2012 could hold for the country and its long-running conflict.
Alex Thomson
Alex Thomson reports from a scrapyard in Kent which is on its guard against metal theft.
Alex Thomson
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson blogs on the Arab League’s mission to Syria.
Alex Thomson
The Arab League’s fifty or so politicians, human rights workers and observers led by a Sudanese general, certainly have their work cut out, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
Alex Thomson
Alex Thomson visits the Occupy camp in London outside St Paul’s and finds the protesters in no mood to call it a day.
Alex Thomson
At this point I suddenly see I appear to be in front of the Queen: Long, navy-blue satin glove is proffered. By her, not me. I feel someone ought to say something and sense she’s not going to start the party.
Alex Thomson
Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson on the steps that could be taken post-Leveson to tackle corrosive UK journalism.
Alex Thomson
Lifelong fan Alex Thomson on Newcastle United’s decision to rename it’s hallowed ground: St James’ Park.
Channel 4 News returns to the tsunami zone to chart Japan’s recovery following the disaster.
Alex Thomson
There is a sense here of bizarre optimism from the school’s vice-principal. He says students are adjusting to the fact that their hometown has been obliterated by the triple-whammy of earthquake, 60 foot tsunami and then the entire coast sinking by 70 cms into the Pacific ocean. And why? Because, says Vice-Principal Takaki Sato: “When they lost everything, they found that normal life was very important. So they will start again.”
Alex Thomson on the dramatic run of luck which seems to have saved the life of a man attacked by a shark in Cape Town.
Not for the first time, Alex Thomson didn’t know what to do, so he drove to the heart of Col Gaddafi’s Tripoli power base. And he found a party.