英国广播公司（British Broadcasting Corporation），简称BBC，是英国的一家政府资助但却独立运作的媒体，长久以来一直被认为是全球最受尊敬的媒体之一。在相当长的一段时间内BBC一直垄断着英国的电视、电台。在1955年独立电视台和1973年独立电台成立之前，BBC一直是全英国唯一的电视、电台广播公司。今天BBC除了是一家在全球拥有高知名度的媒体，还提供其他各种服务，包括书籍出版、报刊、英语教学、交响乐团和互联网新闻服务。
Just when some people are most in need, others have less to give. In these lean times, greater numbers are relying on charity. But donations are getting harder to raise. Judy Nord hopes her card-making will some day raise money for charity. Her cance...
Its a High Street name in need of rescuing, but talks to find a private buyer have run out of time. Santander was interested in some of Bradford Bingleys assets, but wouldnt be rushed into a weekend deal. The government has decided, the taxpayer has...
For more than a week, worried parents have crowded hospitals across the country, all hoping that urgent medical treatment will be enough to overcome the tainted milk thats in their child's system. While thousands of babies have become sick, thousands...
Today the increasingly bitter presidential campaign was suspended. The two political rivals bowed their heads at a makeshift memorial in the pit at Ground Zero. Earlier at 8:46 in the morning, the time the first plane hit the World Trade Center 7 yea...
Listen carefully to this selection of music, because whether the cheese or chalk/ gets you moving, it says as much about your personality as your musical taste, not necessarily though in the way you might think. By rights, you would expect Joe Fylan...
Alistair Darling says Britain is facing its worst economic crisis since the 1940s. The chancellor is warning the current downturn will hit harder and last longer than we expect. It's the government's grimmest assessment to date of the situation facin...
Four years on this is the Olympic legacy in Athens. Millions of pounds were spent on venues like the Beach Volleyball Center. Like many now, it's empty, locked up and its future uncertain. Graffiti covers the outside of the gymnastics arena, what sho...
(Got no boundaries and no limits...) The Madonna hitting the big 50 is just an excuse for a party. (Give it to get the love, arrest me...) But even she is not planning to pause for a reflection, an icon reaching the half century milestone prompts muc...
The culinary delights of China are tantalizing selection to tickle your taste buds, but what does it all mean? Beijing's restaurant menus have been given a linguistic makeover in a bid to tempt visitors to the Olympic host city to eat the local cuisi...
After months of sadness and loss, China's quake-survivors give the Olympic flame an emotional welcome to Sichuan Province. Crowds roared with delight as 189 torchbearers began a three-day tour of the province devastated by a powerful earthquake in Ma...
In what appears to be a historic about-face, Britain's six biggest Internet Service Providers or ISPs have agreed to join the fight against online piracy, sending letters to those suspected of illegally downloading files, warning them to stop or else...
He's been enjoying the company of thousands of young people in Sydney at World Youth Day. Now Pope Benedict said sorry for the sexual abuse suffered by children in Australia at the hands of Catholic clergy. He's described such acts as evil and a seri...
It had to be the birth of the year, paparazzi photographers were at the ready in Nice in the south of France as news spread that Angelina Jolie had given birth to twins, one girl, one boy. Newspapers wasted no time announcing the happy news as their...
YouTube's multibillion-pound success was built initially on user-generated content; so successful has it become that the company's owner Google recently announced plans to pay contributors shares of advertising revenue. But as anyone who uses the sit...
Three giant pandas have settled into their new home at Yunnan Zoo in Kunming, after being evacuated from southwest China's quake-ravaged Sichuan province. The 2-year-old females are set to remain at the base for a period of around 2 years, where they...
