As a BBC News Correspondent , Gilmore covered the Newbury Bypass protests . In 1997 she became the Environment Correspondent for BBC Television News , winning the top environment award – a BEMA , as Television Environment Journalist of the Year – for her work on global warming , and the developing BSE and CJD crisis . She was appointed as Home and Legal Affairs Correspondent for BBC Television News in January 2000 . In her role as Home and Legal Affairs Correspondent for BBC Television News , Gilmore 's brief included terrorism and homeland security , policing , asylum , crime and race relations . Most recently , she has reported on the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings , the new UK terrorism legislation and the proposed introduction of ID cards . She left the BBC at the height of her career to pursue a wider range of activities . She was elected to the Board of the Food Standards Agency where she has served for six years as a non-executive director and Chair of its Risk Committee
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Margaret Gilmore