Sykes can regularly be heard reporting for PM, The World at One, Broadcasting House and The World This Weekend. Hugh has reported extensively from Iraq, Pakistan, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, the occupied Palestinian Territories, South Africa, Germany and Northern Ireland. He has also sent fea tures from India, China, Syria, Russia, France, Italy and Spain. In 2004 and 2005, Hugh won the Gold and Silver Sony Radio Academy awards for Journalist of the Year.