Rise in online 6 Music listeners
The number of people who listen to threatened BBC station, 6 Music, online every week goes up by 50% over the course of a year.
Monthly Archive for April, 2010
Mass opposition rally in Albania
Tens of thousands of people march on Albania’s capital Tirana demanding a partial election recount.
Barclays’ profit fails to impress
Shares in High Street banking giant Barclays fall 6% despite a big rise in pre-tax profits for the first three months of the year.
California quake report withdrawn
The US Geological Survey withdraws a report that a magnitude 5.0 earthquake has hit northern California.
‘Buying Haiti’ touted as aid
Mesh Gelman’s button-down khaki shirt has turned two shades darker with sweat. But he is more concerned about who will sew the perfect placket on the knit polos he hopes to deliver to Beverly Hills Polo Club.
Oil spill sparks new drilling ban
The US puts new offshore oil drilling on hold while it investigates the cause of the spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Comedian criticises BBC ‘rebuke’
Comedian Frankie Boyle criticises the BBC Trust for a “cowardly rebuke” of a joke of his about Palestine.
Obituary
The life and times of Irish broadcaster Gerry Ryan
RTE broadcaster Ryan found dead
One of Ireland’s best-known broadcasters Gerry Ryan is found dead at his Dublin apartment on Friday.
Woman arrested after fatal fire
A woman is arrested in connection with a house fire in Derbyshire which claimed the lives of two children.