Laurie Margolis

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Laurie Margolis (born 1950)^[1] is a BBC journalist and News Editor.

Career

On 2 April 1982 he confirmed using amateur radio and broke the news in the UK of the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands which led to the Falklands War.^[2] On 28 December 2012, following the release of government files by the National Archives in London under a 30-year rule, BBC TV broadcast this story again.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ A family and its rubbish - an everyday story of unnecessary waste – The Guardian, 28 December 2002
↑ How BBC man scooped invasion news – BBC News, 2 April 2007
↑ The BBC's Laurie Margolis broke news of Falklands invasion – BBC News, 28 December 2012
↑ Falklands telegrams reveal UK response to invasion – BBC News, 28 December 2012
↑ Laurie Margolis G3UML on BBC TV – Southgate Amateur Radio News, 28 December 2012

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Name	Margolis, Laurie
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Short description	British journalist
Date of birth	1950
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