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I never thought I would live to see (the BBC) refuse to broadcast a humanitarian appeal on the grounds that it was controversial. I know why it is -- because (Tzipi) Livni, the Israeli foreign minister, has said there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza
BBC criticized for avoiding Gaza appeal Jan 24, 2009
Reusable nappies may reduce demands on landfill but they still impact on the environment in other ways such as water and energy used in washing and drying them
Study: Cloth diapers just as bad Jul 04, 2007
Pollutants from our cars, ships and industrial plants are still having a marked effect on our health. This can't continue
British air pollution: still unacceptable Apr 06, 2006
It will be thrilling if this species could be successfully reintroduced after so many years absent. Achieving this with the right balance is critical if we are to safeguard the existing eco system
Rare bird to be re-introduced into U.K. Nov 04, 2003
Benjamin Peter James Bradshaw (born 30 August 1960 in London) is a British politician and the Labour Member of Parliament for Exeter.
Currently Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Minister for the South West, he was one of the first openly gay MPs.
The son of a Church of England vicar at Norwich Cathedral, Bradshaw was educated at the Thorpe St Andrew High School (Norwich) and the University of Sussex where he was awarded a degree in German. He also attended the University of Freiburg (Germany). In 1982/83 he taught English at the Technikum, a school of technology in Winterthur (Switzerland). He became a reporter with the Exeter Express and Echo in 1984 and was appointed as a reporter with the Eastern Daily Press in Norwich in 1985. In 1986 he joined the BBC as reporter with BBC Radio Devon. In 1989 he became the award winning Berlin correspondent with BBC Radio and was serving in the city at the time of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He became a reporter in 1991 with BBC Radio's The World At One programme, where he stayed until his election to Westminster. He won the Sony News Reporter Award in 1993.