■ United States
Ted Koppel says farewell
In an understated farewell to the ABC News broadcast he has anchored for more than 25 years, Ted Koppel asked Nightline viewers to give his successors a fair break. "If you don't," he said, "I promise you the network will just put another comedy show in this time slot. Then you'll be sorry." It was one last dig in retaliation for his show's most harrowing episode, when ABC executives in 2002 secretly courted David Letterman to replace Nightline. Letterman decided to stay at CBS and the attempt blew up in management's face.
■ United Kingdom
Anger at nuclear plans
Environmentalists expressed anger yesterday at growing signs the government was moving towards approving the building of a new generation of nuclear power stations. The government's chief scientist has said the need for massive investment to replace the country's ageing nuclear plants was self-evident and Prime Minister Tony Blair has signalled he is moving in the same direction. "Blair seems to have fallen for the nuclear industry's propaganda campaign," Friends of the Earth director Tony Juniper said. "But it is the wrong decision," he added.
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