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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World’s longest ‘interconnector’ to supply green electricity to 1.4 million UK homes
Across southern Europe the heatwave continues with the mercury predicted to hit 45 degrees celsius in Greece this weekend. So stopping the burning of fossil fuels which are overheating the planet is ever more urgent.
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Red alert across Europe and much of the world as heatwave fuels wildfires
Large swathes of southern and eastern Europe have been placed on red alert as rising temperatures fuel wildfires.
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Dead and dying birds wash up on British beaches as avian flu sweeps Europe
Now, hundreds more sea birds thought to have been infected with avian flu have been found washed up on British beaches as the virus continues to sweep through Europe.
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Hundreds of dead birds killed by avian flu removed from Scotland beaches
More than a thousand dead birds have been removed from beaches in Aberdeenshire so far this week, and 32, 000 hens have been culled after a dramatic rise in avian flu.
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Climate crisis: Shetland oil and gas field decision delayed
Now climate campaigners have long protested against the development of the Rosebank oil and gas field off Shetland.
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Sudan conflict: Not much ‘hope’ for ‘peaceful resolution’, says OHCHR country office chief in Sudan
We spoke to Gillian Kitley, Head of the Office of the UN’s high commissioner for human rights in Sudan.
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Government’s £11.6 billion pledge on climate is “in effect, a lie,” says former Climate Minister Zac Goldsmith
We spoke to the former Conservative Minister Zac Goldsmith in his first TV interview since resigning last week over what he says is inertia on the climate crisis from the Prime Minister down.
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Government must move faster to meet net-zero legal obligations says Climate Change Committee
The government must move faster if it’s to meet its legal obligations on net zero policies.
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Nicholas Rossi: Rape suspect fights extradition to US
Nicholas Rossi is accused of being a serial sex offender with a string of aliases who faked his own death while living in Scotland on the run from the FBI.
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Titanic sub: ‘debris field’ found in search for missing vessel
Debris has been found on the seabed close to the wreckage of the Titanic according to the US coast guard.
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Titanic submersible search latest: US Coast Guard not sure what banging noises are
Time for the five men who have gone missing during an expedition to the Titanic wreckage in the North Atlantic ocean is running out.
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Missing Titanic submersible: 40 hours of oxygen left as search intensifies
They probably have forty hours left of oxygen – that’s according to officials from the US coast guard speaking to reporters an hour ago.
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France knife attack: Children and toddlers seriously injured
The mobile phone footage from the alpine French city of Annecy is deeply shocking – and shows the suspect attacking children – some in pushchairs – apparently at random.
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Beaver away: are England’s beavers helping or harming?
Is the reintroduction of beavers in parts of England a help or hindrance? Ecologists say the animals are a boost to wildlife and reduce the risk of flooding. Many farmers are less keen on the rodents.
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Sussex plans to restore kelp forests to fight climate change
It’s brown, smelly and elusive and it plays a key role in the fight against climate change. Giant
