BBC controversies about the Director General's decision'. The BBC's chief operating officer, Caroline Thomson, affirmed the need to broadcast "without affecting and impinging on the audience's perception of our impartiality" and that in this case, it was a "real issue." The 2009 Gaza appeal is the only occasion on which the BBC is known to have refused an appeal broadcast request from the DEC. It is reported the 2009 DEC Gaza appeal screened only by Channel 4 and ITV raised £8.3m. In August 2014 the BBC broadcast a new DEC aid appeal for people in Gaza, without similar controversy, which raised £16m
BBC North East and Cumbria building. It was last used on Friday 15 January 1988. BBC North East and Cumbria BBC North East and Cumbria is the BBC English Region covering County Durham, Northumberland, Teesside, Tyne and Wear, northern Cumbria and parts of North Yorkshire. "BBC North East & Cumbria"'s television output, broadcast on BBC One, consists of the flagship regional news service "Look North", the topical magazine programme "Inside Out" and a twenty-minute opt-out during "Sunday Politics". The rugby league highlights programme "The Super League Show", produced by PDI Media at BBC Yorkshire's studio in Leeds, is also broadcast to North East and Cumbrian