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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7m
How curlews could be saved from extinction
The atmospheric call of the curlew is a well-loved sound that echoes across our landscape.
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2m
Nine-year-old girl killed in suspected stabbing named by police
A nine-year-old girl has died in an apparent stabbing in the Lincolnshire market town of Boston.
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4m
Is England heading for a drought?
It’s official: the first half of the year has been the driest in England since 1976.
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2m
Thousands evacuated as wildfire threatens Yosemite National Park
Thousands of people in California have been forced to leave their homes as a massive wildfire near Yosemite National Park spreads unpredictably.
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5m
Why campaigners are calling for ban on artificial grass
The extreme temperatures and lack of rain have left this green and pleasant land looking distinctly arid and brown.
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10m
How will the new PM deal with climate change?
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson reports from the train station in Peterborough, as the country – and its new prime minister – faces a period of huge adaptation to cope with extreme weather events made more likely by the climate crisis.
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22m
Fires burn around London as heatwave sees UK hit 40 degrees for first time
This is no ordinary weather – burning wildfires, melting runways, warped roads and overheated hospitals – this is the reality of the UK’s unprecedented heatwave.
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12m
Soaring temperatures and wildfires – Europe battles a ‘heat apocalypse’
In parts of France forecasters are calling it a “heat apocalypse”, with thousands of people forced to flee spreading wildfires in the country’s southwest.
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4m
How much will the Tory leadership candidates commit to climate policy?
Our Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson spoke to the COP26 president Alok Sharma – before the first Conservative leadership debate took place.
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4m
Tory leadership race: Will new leader pledge to 2050 net zero goal
Four of the five candidates for the Conservative Party leadership committed to maintaining the government’s goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050.
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8m
Sri Lanka: Protesters storm PM’s office, as president flees country
A nationwide curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka after days of demonstrations resulted in the president fleeing the country on a military jet.
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4m
Revolution in Sri Lanka: President has pledged to resign as protesters occupy his palace
In Sri Lanka, defiant protestors have continued their occupation of the presidential palace as opposition politicians met to discuss forming a new government. In the face of overwhelming public protests triggered by the dire economic crisis the country is facing, President Rajapaksa has pledged to resign on Wednesday.
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4m
Revolution in Sri Lanka: President Rajapaksa flees as protestors storm his palace
Extraordinary scenes in Sri Lanka as crowds storm the presidential palace in Colombo and force the President to flee. It’s the culmination of months of protests over the dire economic situation.
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6m
Can Tories hold on to vulnerable seats in the North?
It was the Tories’ humiliating loss in two key by elections last month which helped to seal Boris Johnson’s fate – so what are the voters saying about his decision to go?
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Thousands of birds dying from lethal strain of avian flu
Thousands of seabirds in colonies across the country are dying with bird flu, washing up along our east coast from Scotland down to Suffolk.
