Disasters Emergency Committee a total of £107 million. On 22 January 2009, the BBC declined a request from the DEC to screen an appeal to raise money to aid relief efforts for victims of conflict in the Gaza Strip. This decision was the object of considerable controversy within the BBC as it is the only time the BBC is known to have refused such a request from the DEC; the 2009 Gaza appeal in question was screened by Channel 4 and ITV and raised £8.3m. Since then, the BBC has broadcast other DEC aid appeals for people in Gaza, without similar controversy. The
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