Fran Unsworth
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| Gender | Male |
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| Age | 66 |
| Date of birth | December 29,1957 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| United Kingdom | |
| Employer | BBC |
| Job | Journalist |
| Media proprietor | |
| Education | The University of Manchester |
| St. Dominic's Grammar School for Boys and Girls | |
| Titl | BBC News |
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| ID | 467384 |
Fran Unsworth Life story
Francesca Mary Unsworth is a British journalist and media executive. Since January 2018 she has been Director, News & Current Affairs for BBC News. She was appointed in succession to James Harding. Before then she served in various senior positions in the BBC, including director of the BBC World Service Group.
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Tributes paid after BBC News journalist Hanna Yusuf dies aged 27
BBC journalist Hanna Yusuf, whose recent work included an investigation into working conditions at Costa Coffee stores, has died aged 27.
The BBC's Fran Unsworth , director of news, said Hanna was a "talented young journalist who was widely admired" and her death was "terrible news".
Her family said they were "deeply saddened and heartbroken" and hoped her legacy "would serve as an inspiration".
She wrote for the Bbc News website, and had also worked as a TV news producer.
Hanna spoke six languages, including Somali and Arabic, and worked with, Among Others , whistleblowers and victims of serious crime.
Costa investigationIn 2018, A Mother of nine who moved to Leicester in 2003 after escaping violence and instability in Somalia. She told Hanna about the Hate Crime that left her with life-changing injuries after she was repeatedly run over by a 21-year-old stranger in The Street .
Hanna's article about revealed employees' complaints alleging managers' refusal to pay for sickness or annual leave, working outside of contracted hours and the retention of tips.
A Costa Coffee spokeswoman said in August that an independent audit had been launched "given the serious nature of the allegations".
Last year she also wrote about why despite sub-zero temperatures.
Hanna also covered the story of Shamima Begum , who fled the UK as a 15-year-old schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group In Syria .
While working for the Bbc News Channel earlier this year, she that Ms Begum's family had told Sajid Javid , the home secretary at the time, that they were going to challenge his decision to revoke her UK citizenship.
And later, she successfully secured, who accused UK authorities of failing to protect her from being groomed by IS.
Wearing the hijabHanna started at the BBC as a researcher on the News at Six and Ten in May 2017, before moving to the Bbc News Channel and News at One and the website.
Before joining the BBC, Hanna wrote for publications including, The Times , the Muslim News, the Pool and Grazia Magazine.
In 2015, she created a video for The Guardian about her decision to wear the hijab at the time, which was picked up by other websites including and.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain after the gave employers The Power to ban all political, religious and philosophical symbols at work, Hanna told TV presenters Piers Morgan and Susannah Reid it would.
Born in Somalia in 1992, she received a Scott Trust bursary to do an MA in newspaper journalism at City, University of London in 2017, following her degree at Queen Mary, University of London.
In a statement, Hanna's family said the death of their "beloved daughter, sister and niece" had come as a shock and asked for privacy.
"Many will know Hanna for her incredible contributions to journalism and for her work at the BBC.
"While we mourn her loss, we hope that Hanna's legacy will serve as an inspiration and beacon to her fellow colleagues and to her community and her meaningful memory and the people she has touched for many years lives on," they said.
They added that they would notify the community about funeral arrangements in due course.
Director of Bbc News Fran Unsworth said: "This is terrible news that has left us all deeply saddened. . and our utmost sympathies go to her family and many friends. Hanna will be much missed. "
John Simpson , BBC world affairs editor, said Hanna was a "brilliant young journalist" who would have been a "Major Force " in UK media.
Bbc News at Six presenter George Alagiah also, saying: "Our newsroom has lost a young journalist of such talent and promise. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. "
Katharine Viner , editor-in-chief at The Guardian , it was "absolutely terrible news that the talented journalist, and lovely person, Hanna has died".
Hanna's fellow BBC journalist Sophia Smith Galer said her friend was "invariably the kindest, smartest and most captivating person in The Room ".
"We have lost a fierce friend and a force for truth and light which stretched far beyond her journalism to the many lives she touched here at the BBC and beyond," She Said .
"We will make sure her legacy of compassionate storytelling rings loud and clear in the time to come and we are going to miss her so, so much. "
And BBC chief international correspondent: "You left too soon a world where you shone such a bright light. "
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Source of news: bbc.com
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