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Geldof
Attacks BBC Aid Claim
Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof this morning hit out at a
BBC report that claimed millions of pounds raised for famine relief in
Ethiopia by Band Aid in 1985 were used by rebels to pay for weapons.
"About Band Aid, not a single penny went to the armaments,
not a pound, not a penny," the Irish rock singer told BBC One's Andrew Marr
Show.
He added: "There is not a single shred of evidence that Band Aid or Live Aid
money was diverted."
The BBC World Service reported claims that 95 percent of 100 million US
dollars of aid which went to Ethiopia's Tigray province in 1985 was used by
rebel forces to buy weapons.
The World Service report included interviews with two former members of a
rebel group in Tigray, who made the allegations.
But Geldof said this morning that the sources were not "credible".
And the Band Aid Trust also said it would complain to broadcasting regulator
Ofcom and the BBC Trust.
Andrew Whitehead, news and current affairs editor at the World Service,
defended the report and said that the corporation stood by it.
"It presents evidence, compelling evidence, that some of the famine relief
donations were diverted by a powerful rebel group to buy weapons," said
Whitehead, writing in a blog on the BBC website.
Christian Aid said it would also complain to the BBC Trust.
21:50
March 07
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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Jade Goody's Will
The details of Jade Goody's will have been revealed with no
financial provision for widower Jack Tweed.
Although the 22-year-old was named a beneficiary - which
saved more than £1million in inheritance tax - Goody's carefully written
will ensures he cannot touch any of the money she has stored away for her
two sons, Freddie, six, and Bobby, five.
Tweed has been left Goody's final car - a six-year-old blue
VW Touareg worth around £14,000 - which was a gift at the discretion of the
trustees.
Goody made sure the main priority in her will was her two
sons, six-year-old Freddie and five-year-old Bobby.
Her legacy for her sons is said to total £3million and
includes property, jewels and royalties.
Detail of the will reveal that Goody left three properties worth at least
£1million in total which will be sold to swell her children's trust fund.
It also bequeaths a small gift of £10,000 to her mother
Jackiey Budden and £20,000 to her grandparents Sylvia and John Craddock to
pay for their funerals.
There was no charity donation as such, although trustees hope
to make one to the hospital that treated Goody.
18:10
March 07
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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