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GAZA, April 12 (UPI) -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he hopes for an early resolution in the kidnapping of BBC reporter Alan Johnston.
LONDON, Jan. 19 (UPI) -- British officials report the television license fee will rise by 3 percent each of the next two years, but BBC executives say that is lower than they had hoped.
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- England's Roman Catholic Church is outraged with a BBC documentary, which alleges that the pope covered up child abuse by priests.
LONDON, July 8 (UPI) -- More BBC employees may lose their jobs as executives accept large pay increases, and strikes could force the broadcaster off the air, The Guardian said.
LONDON, April 21 (UPI) -- British broadcaster BBC, seeking to reduce its liabilities, Friday raised employee retirement age to 65 from 60.
LONDON, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A British parliamentary committee is examining a BBC request to increase annual television viewing license fees that could drive the cost from $220 to $350.
LONDON, May 24 (UPI) -- Leaders of British media unions vowed Tuesday to disrupt more broadcasts to protest the BBC's plan to cut 3,800 jobs and privatize 2,000 more.
LONDON, April 13 (UPI) -- Unions at the British Broadcasting Corp. will vote on whether to strike in response to the planned cut of 4,000 jobs, union bosses said Wednesday.
LONDON, March 21 (UPI) -- Britain's BBC will cut more than 2,000 jobs in its program divisions in a continuing streamlining effort, expected to produce some $530 million in savings.
LONDON, March 2 (UPI) -- The British Broadcasting Corp. board of governors will be scrapped after 78 years, the government announced Wednesday.