Tony Brown
News Producer at BBC World Service
BBC World Service. London is home, but never there for long. Tried to keep up with Lyse Doucet for a while.
Articles
-
1 week ago |
bbc.co.uk | Catriona Aitken |Tony Brown
Image source, Family photo/BBCImage caption, Margaret Johns was a nurse in London during the war and recalls celebrating VE Day at Buckingham Palace, partying well into the nightA great-grandmother who partied outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day says people will "never understand" what the day was like. Margaret Johns, 99, was working as a nurse in London when Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allies, ending almost six years of conflict in Europe, on 8 May 1945.
-
1 week ago |
bbc.com | Catriona Aitken |Tony Brown
I partied outside Buckingham Palace on VE DayCatriona Aitken & Tony BrownFamily photo/BBCMargaret Johns was a nurse in London during the war and recalls celebrating VE Day at Buckingham Palace, partying well into the nightA great-grandmother who partied outside Buckingham Palace on VE Day says people will "never understand" what the day was like.
-
1 month ago |
bbc.com | Jordan Davies |Tony Brown
Hillsborough, Grenfell and Aberfan victims back police truth charterJordan Davies & Tony BrownBBCVictims and relatives of those affected by four major tragedies have come together ahead of the charter being signed in Merthyr Tydfil Victims of Hillsborough, Grenfell, the Manchester Arena terror attack and the Aberfan disaster have said decades of suffering could have been avoided if a new charter compelling the police to tell the truth, was introduced sooner.
-
2 months ago |
bbc.com | Nelli Bird |Tony Brown
The plane crash on a scale the world had never seen beforeNelli Bird & Tony BrownSouth Wales Police Heritage CentreDai and Kathleen Hawkins, in the centre and waving, were pictured as they boarded the plane on its outbound journey to IrelandSeventy-five years ago, a plane crash on a scale the world had never seen before happened in a tiny Welsh village. The aircraft had been packed full of jubilant rugby fans on their way home from seeing Wales beat Ireland on 12 March 1950.
-
2 months ago |
bbc.com | Jordan Davies |Tony Brown
Striking miners threatened to kidnap my little brotherJordan Davies & Tony BrownBBCAmanda McKay's family were told by police to leave their home during the strikeThe daughter of a mining union official has spoken for the first time about how her family faced kidnap threats during the 1984 miners' strike. "I know we had petrol through the letterbox on more than one occasion," said Ms McKay, who at the time was studying for her A-levels whilst living at the family's home in Wrexham.
Try JournoFinder For Free
Search and contact over 1M+ journalist profiles, browse 100M+ articles, and unlock powerful PR tools.
Start Your 7-Day Free Trial →Coverage map
X (formerly Twitter)
- Followers
- 4K
- Tweets
- 7K
- DMs Open
- Yes
It’s been a dramatic few weeks across the Middle East. Hard to comprehend. This special programme from BBC Arabic’s @carinetorbey looks back at the events that brought us to this dangerous moment. https://t.co/Nwr245wjXv https://t.co/4a2ncIuKSy
RT @pdanahar: I’m pleased to say that for the 2nd year running BBC News has been nominated for 2 Emmy awards. It’s for our reporting of the…
RT @BBCWorld: Damage, destruction and fear along the Israel-Lebanon border https://t.co/RxZtoge814