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• Harman statement in full
  Harriet Harman's statement after BBC Newsnight reveals substantial loans were taken out to fund her Labour deputy leader campaign.
  news.bbc.co.uk
• My week: Jeremy Paxman
  The Newsnight anchor enters the Cafe Royal for the first time, receives a call from David Abrahams on air, recalls a visit to a petting farm and grills The Professionals (but not Bodie and Doyle)
  observer.guardian.co.uk
• Hunt appointed BBC1 controller
  Channel Five director of programmes Jay Hunt is the new controller of BBC1. By Leigh Holmwood
  www.guardian.co.uk
• Salmond gets his own back
  ALEX Salmond could not resist a bit of a tease when he took the stand at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards, hosted by Kirsty Wark.
  thescotsman.scotsman.com
• Top Scoops
  It was a stunning admission. Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s crony explained to the U.S. businessman, in evil detail, exactly how the fix is done in Britain.
  www.scoop.co.nz

Blog and News Digest

• Will Ken return to the Tory front bench?
  There's much speculation as to whether David Cameron will bring Ken Clarke back to the Shadow cabinet in his forthcoming reshuffle.
  www.bbc.co.uk
• Thursday 8th January 2009
  Gaza with Israel refusing access to international journalists, but here in the Newsnight office the BBC correspondent Alan Johnston - who...
  www.bbc.co.uk
• Alan Johnston on the Gaza Crisis
  Just a quick note about tonight. Alan Johnston probably knows Gaza better than any other western journalist.
  www.bbc.co.uk
• Obama - Whiter than White
  BBC NEWS | NEWSNIGHT | Peter Marshall's blog Somehow Obama has emerged from Illinois without blemish. There's no suggestion he knew anything of...
  www.anenglishmanscastle.com
• Boyloaf's boys
  Meeting one of the speed-boat gangs of the Niger Delta
  news.bbc.co.uk
• This week we look at three films for the new year
  In this week's Review, Martha and guests will be looking at three new films for the new year.
  news.bbc.co.uk
• Fighting for Nigeria's oil wealth
  Sue Lloyd Roberts reports from the Niger Delta on how the region's oil reserves have brought locals not wealth but violence and pollution.
  news.bbc.co.uk
• The BBC in the Delta
  There's a piece on a recent trip to the Niger Delta tonight on Newsnight. Click here for a taster. Thanks Alexis for the headzup.
  naijablog.blogspot.com