Alex Thomson , Chief Correspondent
Alex is the longest-serving on-screen journalist on C4 News since the channel began. In more than 25 years he's covered over 20 wars; led major investigations and continues to front the programme from around the world.
His journalism has won several BAFTA and EMMY awards; two New York Film and TV Awards and in 2011/12 he was named TV Journalist of the Year by the Royal Television Society.
He's written two books about the 1991 Gulf War and a travelogue about cycling across India.
He has been External Examiner at Cardiff and currently Bournemouth Schools of Journalism and is Honorary Fellow in Journalism at Falmouth School of Journalism.
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Is there a more climate-friendly way to assess the state of our economies?
When we want to know how well economies are doing, there’s one measure that’s been used around the world for more than three quarters of a century – GDP. But in the face of looming climate catastrophe, is there a better way to assess the state of our economies? The United Nations is voting on…
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National Trust says heritage sites at risk from climate change
The National Trust outlined a ‘hazard map’ which shows how 30% of their heritage sites are at risk from the impacts of climate change like flooding.
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How will Sunak’s ‘green revolution’ help the UK become carbon zero?
With time running out in a climate crisis, what did Rishi Sunak actually deliver today to put the UK on track to carbon zero by 2050?
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Countries ‘nowhere near’ where they should be on tackling global warming
The UN warns the commitments of countries across the globe to tackle global warming are ‘nowhere close’ targets.
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Plans to build Europe’s largest gas power plant in North Yorkshire scrapped
The electricity generator Drax has scrapped controversial plans to build Europe’s largest gas power plant at its North Yorkshire site.
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Johnson tells UN Security Council rising global temperature poses threat to global security
Today the UN Security Council discussed climate change, with the Prime Minister telling delegates that the rising global temperature poses a real threat to global security.
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Scottish football clubs urged to apologise for historical child sex abuse
Some of Scotland’s leading football clubs have been urged to apologise and pay compensation for historical child sex abuse stretching back to the 1970s. An independent report, commissioned by the Scottish Football Association, heard accounts from dozens of victims involving abuse by coaches, team officials and scouts. It says the young players were badly let…
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Gordon Brown calls for action to help people with learning disabilities get financial support
Some of the most vulnerable people in the UK can’t access tens of millions of pounds of their own money.
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Cumbria coal mine planning application to be reconsidered
Cumbria County Council has said it will reconsider plans to build a coal mine near the site of a disused colliery near Whitehaven.
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Closed ski resorts in Scotland see best snow in years
The UK recorded the coldest night since 2010 last night with temperatures plummeting to -16.7C at Altnaharra in northern Scotland.
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Alex Salmond refuses to appear at inquiry into handling of complaints against him
The former first minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond, has refused to appear tomorrow at an inquiry into the handling of complaints against him.
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Mother and daughter killed in Kilmarnock attack
An NHS worker and her 24-year-old daughter have been stabbed to death and a man died in a car crash in three linked incidents in East Ayrshire.
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UK considers enacting carbon tax – price of meat, cheese gas heating price could rise
Channel 4 News has confirmed that the government is considering whether to impose what’s effectively a tax on the country’s most carbon-intensive services, along with a roadmap showing how to deliver it over the next decade.
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Sturgeon announces tough quarantine measures for arrivals
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced new quarantine measures that go well beyond those of the UK government.
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Sturgeon under pressure over Covid vaccine rollout
Scotland’s First Minister insists plans to give the jabs to everyone over 80 by the end of this week are “ahead of schedule”.
