BBC World News, May 04, 2012

BBC accuses China of trying to censor its coverage of Chen Guangcheng The Guardian Horrocks said the BBC was targeted over its coverage of Guangcheng, the blind Chinese activist who escaped house arrest and fled to the USembassy in Beijing. "Today is World Press Freedom Day and during recent days we have learnt that BBC World News, ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Leonardo da Vinci: How accurate were his anatomy drawings? BBC News By Robin Banerji BBC World Service The largest exhibition of Leonardo da Vinci's drawings of the human body goes on display in the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace this week. So how accurate were they? During his lifetime, Leonardo made thousands ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

The Today Lecture 2012: Sir Mervyn King BBC News The governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, will tonight deliver the 2012 BBC Today Programme Lecture. He will be addressing an invited audience of 300 Today programme listeners at an event hosted by Evan Davis. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

King Says BOE Will Risk Unpopularity to Prevent Future Crises San Francisco Chronicle "Our role will be to take away the punch bowl just as the next party is getting going," King said in a BBC Radio address today in London. "That won't make us popular among bankers, politicians and even at times some of you, and it's not supposed to. See all stories on this topic »

Bank of England chief predicts UK recovery WBOC TV 16 Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday after disappointing US retail sales stirred concerns about the robustness of the recovery in the world's No. 1 economy.More By ROBERT BARR Associated Press LONDON (AP) - Britain's economy should start ... See all stories on this topic »

Aspirin is as 'good as warfarin' BBC News However, a UK cardiologist argued the risks from warfarin were less serious. Heart failure is a major health problem in many parts of the world. It affects 900000 people in the UK and six million people in the US. A failing heart struggles to pump ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Sir Mervyn King's speech: in full Telegraph.co.uk Here is his speech on the BBC Today Programme Lecture in full. Fifty years of rising living standards came to an end with the financial crisis. As a nation, we are now significantly worse off than we were four years ago. The crisis has cast a long ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

The Apprentice 2012, BBC One, episode seven, live Telegraph.co.uk Photo: BBC Lord Sugar, businessman and the star of the BBC One business reality show The Apprentice. Photo: BBC By Michael Hogan • Which team will be better at "smelling what's selling"? 22.32 That's it for You're Fired and that's it for this blog ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Kidnapped UK aid worker Khalil Dale killed in Pakistan BBC News Aleem Maqbool, the BBC's correspondent in Islamabad, said very little had been heard publicly about the case since eyewitnesses reported seeing Mr Dale's car ambushed by suspected militants in early January. Most international aid agencies had moved ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

King Says BOE Will Risk Unpopularity to Stop Future Crises San Francisco Chronicle In a BBC radio interview today, King said the UK will see a "slow and steady recovery" starting this year. Services Weaken A report today may show that growth in services, the biggest part of the economy, probably slowed in April. See all stories on this topic »

Sportsday - breaking sports newsLive BBC Sport Former Sheffield United midfielder and professional boxer Curtis Woodhouse has spoken of his delight after being named manager at the world's oldest club, Sheffield FC, report BBC Radio Sheffield. So what do we think about Chelsea's plans to move to... See all stories on this topic »

BBC and Arts Council launch joint digital Space for culture The Guardian "One of many other partnerships with the world of arts, this new set of clothes for the BBC feels like it really suits us," he added. "For the BBCthere has been some quite profound soul searching. Some of the splendid traditional aspects of the BBC ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Phone-hacking report BBC News Paul Connew, former deputy editor of the News of the World newspaper, tells the BBCthat he will be looking at the US for the real impact of this report: "The importance of the report might play more seriously across the Atlantic than... over here. See all stories on this topic »

Peter Alliss exclusive: The BBC is losing its voice Daily Mail says Peter Alliss, sounding as exasperated as the rest of us at the sad decline in the Corporation's golfing output. 'Now we're down to two or three. I'm disappointed, obviously. Could the BBC have spent their money in better ways? See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

London 2012: Britain's Aaron Cook targets taekwondo gold BBC Sport "I started taekwondo because of the Power Rangers, I was five years old and trying all of their moves with my brother," Cook told BBC Sport. "Sometimes I visualise my opponents as if they're trying to destroy theworld and I have to save the day, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

London 2012: GB men and women avoid Olympic champions USA BBC Sport As such, they could both still meet the US in the latter rounds. GB performance director Chris Spice told BBC Sport: "The balls have fallen in our favour because we know what we are up against. "We pushed the boat out for the test event last year and ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

News Corp 'has full confidence in Rupert Murdoch' BBC News Since the committee's report came out in the UK, Labour and Lib Dem MPs have urged the media regulator Ofcom to hasten its review into whether BSkyB, 39%-owned by News Corp, is "fit and proper" to hold a licence, given News Corp's stake. But the BBC ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

BBC World Service & British Council Launch 2012 International Playwriting ... THISDAY Live For the 13th year, BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with Commonwealth Writers, invites writers around the world to send in their radio plays. The dramas need to be 53 minutes long, but can be on any subject. See all stories on this topic »

Travel money: When is the best time to buy? BBC News When it comes to purchasing holiday cash, many of us leave this till the last moment and sometimes completely ignore it until we have arrived at the airport. According to a YouGov survey, the most popular choices for consumers looking to buy their ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

EchoStar Launches the World's Slimmest Digital TV Recorder Sacramento Bee The Freeview+ HD Ultra Slim Box offers consumers subscription free TV with access to 50 high quality digital channels plus 4 in HD (BBC One HD, The BBC HD Channel, ITV1 HD and Channel 4 HD), features include the ability to pause or rewind live TV and... See all stories on this topic »

Rangers takeover latest BBC Sport #bbcsportsound" BBC Scotland's senior football reporter Chris McLaughlin is outside Ibrox preparing for his live insert into Reporting Scotland on BBC One at 1330 BST. Steve McGhee: "If Rangers newco are in the SPL next season then they'll never get a ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC Worldwide launches Strictly online game in UK and US Televisual BBC Worldwide has launched the first free-to-play online game based on Strictly Come Dancing. Strictly Keep Dancing is available now to UK players and goes live at the same time as its American version Dancing with the Stars: Keep Dancing, ... See all stories on this topic »

Today's media stories from the papers The Guardian P10 Boris Johnson turns airwaves blue after BBC mentions links to Murdoch. P13 Steve Richards: What did Jeremy Hunt know? P15 WPP faces new revolt as Martin Sorrell's pay leaps to £13m. P51 Microsoft deal may bring Barnes and Noble's Nook to UK. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

BSkyB says it is a 'fit and proper' licence holder BBC News ... scandal at News of the World and other newspapers owned by News Corporation. The Liberal Democrats wrote to Ofcom on Tuesday urging it to hasten its review, but the BBC understands that the regulator will not be rushed into a knee-jerk reaction. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Keele University joins US admissions system BBC News By Sean Coughlan BBC News education correspondent Keele University has become the first English university to join the Common Application system for university admissions in the United States. Keele will allow USstudents to apply for places using the ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

BOE's King Says UK Premier League Needs to Reassess Finances Bloomberg “They have to think through how they want to organize the finances of football,” King said in an interview on BBC Radio 4 today when asked if the Premier League and Football Association, England's governing body, should do more to warn of the risks ... See all stories on this topic » Bloomberg

Can Manchester music move on from its past? BBC News By Ian Youngs Entertainment reporter, BBC News Manchester has produced some of Britain's best and most influential bands, and most of them are back this summer. As the oldies lumber back into action, are they threatening to cast a shadow over the next ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Is Mr Potato Head to blame for 'pester power' ads? BBC News By Jon Kelly BBC News Magazine It is 60 years since Mr Potato Head starred in the world's first television toy advert. Did the plastic spud unleash the era of pester power? With his bulbous nose, perpendicular ears and rictus grin, he makes for an ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Seaweed: Should people eat more of it? BBC News By Michelle Warwicker & Anna-Louise Taylor BBC Food Seaweed is unexploited in Western cuisine, new research says. But while it is popular in Asia, could it become a staple food elsewhere? It has been eaten by coastal people since prehistoric times, ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Sir Mervyn King admits BoE failed over financial crisis Telegraph.co.uk "From the beginning of 2008, we at the Bank began to argue that UKbanks needed extra capital – a lot of extra capital, possibly £100bn or more," he said in the second BBC Today Programme Lecture on Wednesday evening. A bail-out was orchestrated in ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

World Snooker Championship: Hearn dismisses burn-out fears BBC Sport By Ben Dirs BBC Sport at the Crucible Snooker chief Barry Hearn laughed off suggestions his expanded tour might lead to player burn-out, despite Stephen Hendry citing it as one of the reasons for his retirement. However, Hearn conceded next season's ... See all stories on this topic » BBC Sport

London 2012: Getting to the Games with help from family BBC News By Jenny Minard BBC 2012 No man is an island, or so the saying goes. And it is certainly true in the world of sport. While top athletes are undoubtedly talented, they surround themselves with supporters to reach their goals. See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Mervyn King backs coalition's economic policies The Guardian Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme after giving the show's annual lecture on Wednesday night, King said George Osborne had struck the right balance between spending and cuts. Without a spike in food and oil prices over the last couple of years ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Mervyn King: Government made 'textbook response' to banking crisis Evening Standard Labour has claimed it is a recession "made in Downing Street", but in an interview withBBC Radio 4's Today programme Sir Mervyn backed the coalition's approach to tackling the budget deficit. "The strategy was that there would be a gradual move ... See all stories on this topic »

BBC America and Virgin Atlantic launch site to help Brits bound for a life in ... The Next Web (blog) You might wonder why this is necessary as the UK is so heavily influenced by American culture and tech already. UK citizens consume a lot of American TV, collect phrases and US slang terms, pick up clothing trends and although there are differences, ... See all stories on this topic » The Next Web (blog)

Khalil Dale: 'Every effort' made to free murdered aid worker BBC News Police have confirmed to the BBC that a note left by the body said he was killed because the ICRC did not pay a ransom. Mr Maguire told the BBC: "It is inappropriate to go into the details of any contact we had with the abductors... we did everything ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Today's media stories from the papers The Guardian P21 BBC to investigate news censorship claims. P28 Sky is fit and proper broadcaster, says chief. P59 i Cameron faces showdown over Murdoch. P6 Mensch defies Twitter outrage. P6 News Group has drawn up list of 52 staff may be involved in hacking. See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Sir Mervyn King admits: we did too little to warn of economic crisis The Guardian "That isn't to say we were blind to what was going on", he said in the BBCToday Programme Lecture, adding that for several years the Bank of England and other central banks had warned that the financial markets were underestimating the risks they were ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Granny army helps India's school children via the cloud BBC News Now that love is being spread across continents, as UK-based grandmothers extend their embrace to school children thousands of miles away in India. Jackie Barrow isn'ta granny yet but as a retired teacher she felt she might qualify for an advert in The ... See all stories on this topic » BBC News

Trevor Nelson, Marcus Du Sautoy, Josie Lawrence, Craig Revel Horwood in ... The Guardian Seyi Rhodes looks at the peculiar world of wrestling in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the sport and drama of professional grappling is as popular as it is in the US. In Kinshasa, however, some of the wrestlers imbue their bouts with black ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Humor: “BBC Strongly Condemned Malaysian Satellite TV Astro ... By Humor The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is carrying out urgent enquiries after it was made aware that output from its BBC World News channel may have been censored in Malaysia. The broadcast of anti-Government protests in Malaysia ... Humor

Pink Floyd news :: Brain Damage - BBC Radio 4 re-examine The ... Pink Floyd and Roger Waters news as it happens, information, exclusive interviews, reviews, pictures, tour news, downloads and more!, BBC Radio 4, in conjunction with John Harris (author of the DSOTM book), explore the tragic brea... Pink Floyd News - Brain-Damage.co.uk

U.K. Broadcaster BBC Reaches Public Service Profit in Latest Fiscal ... By Georg Szalai Internal BBC projections also show that the BBC's commercial business, including BBCWorldwide and BBC World News, will deliver an operating profit of about £219 million ($355 million), according to the Guardian. A BBC spokesman ... Business

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