Simon Thomas (presenter) 2:1 BA Hons degree in history. Having applied for the job three times, Thomas began presenting the children's programme "Blue Peter" on 8 January 1999 replacing the sacked presenter Richard Bacon. Previously he had worked as a runner at Children's BBC and the radio station LBC. During his tenure at "Blue Peter", he ran in the London Marathon twice and two Great North Runs, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and Mont Blanc, completed over 40 solo sky dives with the Royal Air Force, presented a medal at the Commonwealth Games, ran in the 60 metres sprint at the Norwich Union Indoor Athletics
Foreign Reports In providing political intelligence and analysis of world oil markets, Foreign Reports uses three simple tools: Foreign Reports Inc. was founded in 1956 by Harry Kern, who had previously been Foreign Editor of Newsweek, in which capacity he traveled extensively throughout the world, but especially in the Far and Middle East. Newsweek and Time Magazine during that period were practically the sole elements of the U.S. news media reporting on world activities in a timely fashion. As Foreign Editor, Harry Kern also was Editor-in-Chief of the magazine’s International Edition and thus had the privilege of picking who or what would