Phil Lavelle
Phil Lavelle is an English journalist with BBC News.
Lavelle trained as a journalist with ITV Tyne Tees and worked as a Programme Editor for two years as one of the first members to launch the Al Jazeera English news service from London.
He is a former Entertainment Correspondent and presenter for Sky News and news correspondent and weekend presenter for Five News. He also had a spell as news correspondent and presenter for BBC London News. In 2010, Lavelle was employed by the BBC as a news correspondent for BBC Breakfast and BBC News.
Lavelle caused anger after posting a message on Twitter in which he described S4C as "a pointless, rubbish, minority Welsh-speaking channel". His comment was condemned by Plaid Cymru AM Rhodri Glyn Thomas. BBC Director General Mark Thompson had to personally apologise, stressing "BBC employees should not express personal views in this way.”[1]
Lavelle is openly gay.[2] He lives in London with his partner and a pet puppy, Madge.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Anger over presenter’s S4C tweet - Politics News - Politics - News. WalesOnline (2010-10-21). Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
- ^ Behind the scene: four of the London Marathon's gay runners. So So Gay. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
- ^ Breakfast - Phil Lavelle. BBC News. Retrieved on 2011-04-24.
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