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BBC News, previously known as BBC News and Current Affairs, is a major arm of the BBC, responsible for the the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online. Producing almost 100 hours of output daily, the organisation is the largest news broadcaster in the world while carrying out the key objective of the BBC's Royal Charter to "collect news and information in any part of the world and in any manner that may be thought fit".

The Director of BBC News is currently Helen Boaden; she reports to Mark Byford, Deputy Director General and Head of the BBC Journalism group.

Based at the News Centre within BBC Television Centre (TVC), Wood Lane, London W12, the department operates regional centres across the United Kingdom as well as 44 news-gathering bureaux around the world. Of these bureaux, 41 are based outside the UK. Political coverage is based at the Millbank Studios in 4 Millbank in Westminster. With an annual budget of £350 million, BBC News consists of 3,500 staff, 2,000 of whom are journalists.

The organisation faces competition within the United Kingdom, from the rolling news channel Sky News, as well as ITN, a major provider of news services to commercial networks. Internationally, BBC News competes with other news providers regionally.

The Six O'Clock News was named most popular daily news programme in 2005, a position it currently maintains. The corporations 24 hour rolling news channel BBC News 24 was awarded the RTS News channel of the year award in 2006 for the first time in its history.

News A to Z directory, please click on the links below to find your favourite news or to contact the media to tell your story:

LINKS and REFERENCE

• Content. Retrieved on 2007-04-03.

• NewsWatch - About BBC News - This is BBC News.

• House of Commons Hansard Debates for 15 Feb 1996 (pt 22).

• The BBC's Royal Charter and the BBC Agreement.

• NewsWatch - About BBC News - This is BBC News.

• NewsWatch - About BBC News - This is BBC News

• NewsWatch - About BBC News - Television News.

• BBC NEWS - Entertainment From royal dramas to wartime: 1922-46.

• Alexandra Palace - A History of the Palace.

• 1950's British TV Milestones.

• British TV Landmark Dates.

• Chronomedia: 1953. 

• 1950

• Chronomedia: 1956.

• ABOUT BBC NEWS.

• Media resources Longsands College - [1]

• History of the BBC - key dates page 4 BBC Heritage 1960s

• BBC Guide to Comedy TW3

• Chronomedia: 1964.

• History of the BBC - key dates page 5 BBC Heritage 1960s

• Early Satellite Broadcasts 1960s & 70s, British TV History

• 1968 - A new field store converter for Mexico City Olympic Games 1960s Milestones, BBC Research Department

• 1970 - Digital line-store standards converter work commences 1970s Milestones, BBC Research Department

• About BBC News Timeline of events - 1970s, BBC News

• History of the BBC - key dates page 4 BBC Heritage 1970s

• RTS Hall of Fame - page 46.

• BAFTA 1982 - page 12 British Academy of Film and Television Arts - [2]

• BAFTA 1982 - page 10 British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• The worst reported war since the Crimean - Julian Barnes 25 February 2002, Guardian Unlimited

• Media & War - The Falklands Conflict Imperial War Museum

• BAFTA 1982 - page 2 British Academy of Film and Television Arts

• About BBC News Timeline of events - 1980s, BBC News

• BBC ON THIS DAY - 17 - 1983: BBC wakes up to morning TV.

• BBC NEWS - Entertainment - TV and Radio - Fifty years of TV news.

• BBC NEWS - Programmes - Breakfast - Breakfast's new look.

• BBC refurbishment £20m over-budget and a 'waste of money' - the Daily Mail.

• BBC World Service - About Us.

• BBC NEWS - Entertainment - BBC News Interactive's new editor.

• BBC NEWS - Help - About our site.

• BBC NEWS - Help - Your guide to the BBC News Player.

• The BBC's Editorial Values www.bbc.co.uk/

• BBC NEWS - Entertainment - TV and Radio - BBC Iraq war coverage criticised.

• BBC NEWS - Entertainment - TV and Radio - BBC report 2004: At a glance.

• Davis, Douglas. "Hatred in the air: the BBC, Israel and Antisemitism" in Iganski, Paul & Kosmin, Barry. (eds) A New Anti-Semitism? Debating Judeophobia in 21st century Britain. Profile Books, 2003, p. 130.

• hImpartiality Review: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict- BBC Governors].

• BBC NEWS - Entertainment - BBC 'must improve Mid-East view'

• BBC's coverage of Israeli-Palestinian conflict 'misleading' - Israel and the Middle East - Guardian Unlimited.

• BBC World dropped for al-Jazeera English in Israel - Israel and the Middle East - Guardian Unlimited.

• The BBC pro-Israeli? Is the Pope Jewish?-Comment-Columnists-Guest contributors-TimesOnline.

• afrol News: Broadcasting of BBC in Zimbabwe stopped.

• BBC NEWS - Programmes - From Our Own Correspondent - Uzbeks banish BBC after massacre reports.

• AsiaMedia :: CHINA: Censor blocks sensitive issues in BBC series.

• BBC Urdo taken off Pakistan radio - BBC News: 15 November 2005

• Iran bloggers test regime's tolerance - The Boston Globe.

• BBC NEWS - News Front Page.

• About BBC News - This is BBC News - This is BBC News.

• TV & Radio Bits - BBC Television Idents.

• TV ARK - BBC News Index.

• Allen, John. The BBC News Styleguide (PDF)

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