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Petition update, 09 August 2007

More details from petition creator

This petition wants to make sure that the BBC, one of the United Kingdom's most valuable and cherished gifts to the rest of the world, does not agree to accept advertisements on its news website. It is born of a conviction that the BBC's editorial independence must at all costs be safeguarded and would be fatally compromised by the acceptance of any advertisements.

Current signatories

Alex Kirby, the Petition Creator, joined by:

• James Laurie
• Carolyn Laurie
• Graham Mytton
• Jim Edwards
• Michael Way
• Paula Dear
• Mike Hennessey
• Eileen Mullen
• Tim Gopsill
• Chris Wheal
• Tim Llewellyn
• Owen Miller
• Joshua Whiting
• Cesar Goncalves
• Rosemary Marshall
• Steve Campbell
• Tom Davies
• Steven Taylor
• David Page
• John Stephen
• Patricia Campbell
• mairi mackechnie
• Annabel Fraser
• James Hurrell
• John Davies
• Louisa Aldridge
• Corinna Csaky
• Jonathan Essex
• Jamie Carpenter
• clare davidson
• Colin Thatcher
• Matthew Rose
• Laura Cockram
• Richard Simcox
• Nick Nugent
• Sue Branford
• Robin Dey
• Mark Simpson
• David Whitehouse
• Damian Stafford
• Ashok Kanani
• Darryl Chamberlain
• Deepak Tripathi
• Angela Wade
• Martin Belam
• Miles Palmer
• John Danby
• Jessica Brewer
• Dean Cavanagh
• Emma Saunders
• Frankie Roberto
• David Huslin
• John McManus
• Paul Sissons
• Andrew Taylor
• Tom Pearson
• Tom Allen
• Steven Littley
• Kate Bell
• Richard Eno
• Sam McBride
• James Clarke
• Darryl Matheson
• James Morgan
• michael osulivan
• Anne Nixon
• Thomas Blampied
• Ruben Arakelyan
• David Owen
• Janice Owen
• Alfred Hermida
• Chris Mackevych
• Helena Owen
• Alex Fradera
• David Gritten
• Edward Murphy
• Richard Walkington
• Rick Hill
• Roger Mullins
• Peter Price
• Pete Ashton
• Debbie Davies
• Daniel Fedak
• russell welch
• Brian F Jolly
• Thomas Bottrill
• Steven Swaby
• Joanne Buckley
• Lisa-Marie Ferla
• Alexander Allen
• Kate Griffiths
• Shane Collins
• john tarbett
• helen oswald
• Robert Freeman
• Tania Caporaso
• Ian Douglas
• Rebecca Branford
• Jolin Warren
• Simon Fogarty
• Derek Jolly
• Robert Evans
• haydn john latham
• Henrietta Curtis
• Ariane Bankes
• Adrian Hicks
• ruth gwyther
• Lauren Harris
• Nick Black
• Paul Hardy
• Katharine Fogarty
• Nick Collin
• Ross Heritage
• Henrietta Blackmore
• harin dias
• haward soper
• rupan banga
• Shelley Solmes
• Ian W
• Neil Thurman
• Lucy Aghoghogbe
• Nick Soper
• Liz Fogarty
• Ben Fell
• Mark Pond
• jo abbess
• Julie Curtis
• Bernard Fogarty
• Jessie Torrance
• Francesca Fogarty
• Anton D'Abreu
• Joe Llywelyn Griffith Blakesley
• Kate Jackson
• Leslie Sklair
• Johanna Kaschke
• chris turner
• Debbie Smith
• Gaynor Clarke
• Steve Allen
• Robert Clark
• Hannah Field
• Vera Kubenz
• Rosamund Kidman Cox
• Samantha Smith
• Alex De Angelis
• Jack Taylor
• Tim Brookes
• Greg Chivers
• Ermiyas Mekonnen Desta
• John Wood
• Jack Shenker
• Nicholas Mays
• Lesley Draper
• Ruth Keeling
• TechDave
• Carol Harris
• Rita Jackson
• Peter Jackson
• Belinda Stratton
• Belinda Stratton
• nathan RIppin
• Pip Farquharson
• Kit Ballantyne
• Rebecca Warden
• Gordon McKerrow
• Jasna Lukic
• Antony Schofield
• Luke Andrew Marsh
• michael Bartlett
• Nicola Ruck
• Richard Compston
• Andy Leppard
• E Stocks
• Alex Ayre
• owen espley
• Alex Drury
• Tony Jenkins
• A.V. Blair
• stephen brown
• Colin Rose
• Geoff Marshall
• Judy Brooks
• Penny Fell
• Simon Kent
• Janet Rose
• Ian Fell
• Howard Timberlake
• Paul Hackett
• Juliet Francis
• arron martin zeus Brown
• Jan Barnes
• John Furneaux
• paul wilenius
• Steven Connor
• J Leathem
• Katrin McGauran
• brenda aboukhalil
• James Porter
• Bob Barrow
• Mike Fox
• Jen Tibbetts
• Rob Winder
• Ross Golder
• Deirdre Palmer
• Mr S. Carson
• Graham Webb
• Christopher Kerr
• Jennifer Scott-Thompson
• Mohammed Khan
• Dan Wood
• Yes; and programmes too
• Kathleen Hill
• Mariza O'Keeffe
• Patrick Biggs
• Jeffery Frampton
• Jamie Evans
• Tom Nightingale