Prime Minister Gordon Brown has appointed pensions minister James Purnell as the new secretary of state for culture, media and sport, replacing Tessa Jowell, who will retain responsibility for the ...

James "Jimmy" Purnell Jr., the first Black man to hold public office in Worcester County, died Monday at 84 years old. His life was marked by his fight for Black rights, ...

New U.K. Culture Secretary James Purnell will launch a series of government think tanks and public consultations aimed at accelerating the deregulation of the communications market here, he said ...

James Parnell Spears hardly had any net worth at all in the years before Britney’s fame. The Spears’ family struggled financially before Britney rose to fame. Related.

Former British culture secretary James Purnell has been appointed BBC director of radio and education, responsible for the corporation's radio output alongside its arts, music, learning and ...

Conservative MPs have lined up to attack the BBC's decision to hire former Labour cabinet minister James Purnell as director of radio and education. The appointment is virtually unprecedented in ...

James Purnell, the BBC's director of strategy, has been promoted to a new role giving him authority over the corporation's radio output.

On the C-SPAN Networks: James Purnell is a Member for House of Commons in the United Kingdom with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Foreign Legislature. Most ...

James Purnell Irritation has mounted over confusion about commissioning, and a focus on younger aud-iences has annoyed programme-makers who feel the app neglects their output.

The BBC has risked raising concerns about its impartiality by appointing James Purnell, a former Blairite Labour MP, as its director of radio on Friday. Purnell, the BBC's director of strategy and ...

CARNEY'S POINT, N.J. (WPVI) -- They gathered in South Jersey to celebrate a veteran who has served this country bravely James Purnell turned 97 Wednesday, and plenty of people wanted him to know ...

The BBC has announced the first set of senior appointments since Royal Opera House topper Tony Hall was given the job of director-general at the pubcaster in November.