BBC Journalists Join 24-Hour Strike over Redundancies
Submitted by Cristina Warne on Tue, 02/19/2013 - 13:51A recent report talked about several BBC journalists taking part in a 24-hour strike over their disagreement with management over compulsory redundancies. It has been said that the National Union of Journalists was left with no option but to take stern action after they could not reach at some common point over the issue of redeployment of 30 staff members facing compulsory redundancy.
George Entwistle Resigns after Serving BBC Trusts for 54 Days
Submitted by Cristina Warne on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 09:27George Entwistle has resigned from his post of Director-General on Saturday night just after serving BBC for over a month. It has been reported that apart from his £877,000 pension, he will be given £450,000 lump sum, which has raised criticism. One of the MPs has claimed the act to be unjustifiable and non-acceptable.
Robots and the New Technology
Submitted by Aaron Ross on Wed, 04/04/2012 - 11:14Robots are a fascination for a lot of people these days. Many people love using robots. Children specially are really fond of robots and just want to play with them.
BBC’s Documentary “Junior Doctors: Your Life in Their Hands”
Submitted by Davell Wilkins on Wed, 01/25/2012 - 07:54While recalling his first day at work in a London hospital's trauma and orthopaedic unit, Andy Steval said that, "I prescribed someone laxatives, so they're no longer constipated. So that was quite life-changing, actually".
Train Travel Gains Popularity Through Economic Downturn
Submitted by Dominic Haber on Mon, 05/09/2011 - 12:24In the first three months of 2011, rail passengers made around 5% more trips than in the same period one year ago. From January to March of 2011, 316 million journeys happened, which is a significant amount more than the number that took place in the snow-hit 2010.
Another World Radio Record Created
Submitted by Ingela Maledevic on Fri, 03/18/2011 - 13:59The world radio gets another record. This time it was BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles. He created this record after he was online for more than 50 hours.
He was presenting his show along with Dave Vitty since last Wednesday. He was campaigning for a fundraiser for Comic Relief in the process.
BBC Once Again Feeling the Heat of Allegations for Its Reality Show
Submitted by Ramesh Rathod on Mon, 02/21/2011 - 15:40An investigation has been initiated by BBC to investigate the charges that The Real Hustle fraud victims were the actors who were paid to play the role.
Libya shuts down Internet access as protests gather momentum
Submitted by Sanjeeb Banerjee on Sat, 02/19/2011 - 06:38According to several news reports, including those from BBC and AFP, authorities in Libya have now started shutting down the country's Internet and social networking sites, fearing that they could help in organizing the revolutionaries.
Top Gear helps BBC iPlayer break 145m barrier
Submitted by Nalin Sahdev on Wed, 01/19/2011 - 12:26Breaking your own record can be a great feeling indeed and nobody would know it better than the BBC iPlayer who very recently picked up the 145 million requests for shows and programs in Dec. This was record in itself where BBC overtook its own record for the third time.
A new device blanks out the sound of a dentist’s drill
Submitted by Justin Sorkin on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 07:18According to a BBC report, a new invention from researchers at King’s College London, Brunel University and London South Bank University, eliminates the high-pitched noise made by a dentist’s drill; thereby helping the patients overcome their fear of a dental check-up.
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