The five candidates for the 2009 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed on the BBC's African sports programme Fast Track.The nominees are: Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Samuel Eto'o, Tresor Mputu Mabi and Yaya Toure. You can vo
LONDON - The BBC has held talks with financial advisers about floating part of its commercial arm on the stock market, amid pressure over its market share and public subsidy, a report said Wednesday. The Financial Times, quoting unnamed sources, sa
A top NHS manager has hit out at what he sees as the unrealistic and unprofessional portrayal of NHS workers in BBC dramas Holby City and Casualty.In a Scrubbing Up column for the BBC website, Antony Sumara bemoans script lines where staff gossip
LONDON - Just two Britons made it onto a new list of the world's most powerful people Thursday -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown came in at number 29 and BBC boss Mark Thompson at 65. The new Forbes list is headed by US President Barack Obama, with Ch
LONDON - British foreign minister David Miliband has turned down the chance to become the European Union's envoy to the rest of the world, the BBC reported Monday. The broadcaster said that Miliband ruled himself out of the race to become the EU's f
Rupert Murdoch indicated on Monday that News Corporation would sue the BBC over breach of copyright for “stealing material from his newspapers round the world.Mr Murdoch, interviewed on Sky News Australia, was asked how he would be able to instigate
MOGADISHU, Somalia - The BBC said Friday that Somali pirates called the broadcaster to demand $7 million for the release of a British couple whose yacht was hijacked off the coast of Africa. The British broadcaster cited an unidentified caller as sa
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