3 h. ago Households set to receive £174 BBC TV licence refund after boss resigns

UK households are set to receive refunds of up to £174 from TV Licensing following the unexpected resignation of director general Tim Davie and BBC News head Deborah Turness.

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4 h. ago Bulletin briefing: BBC boss rallies staff, troops killed in Turkey plane crash and Taiwan braces for Fung

Outgoing BBC boss rallies staff after Trump’s court threat. Read more here.

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14 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Relating the fall of the BBC boss, Lisa Nandy could have been burying the family gerbil

After teatime, at an hour when most people at Broadcasting House were probably on their fifth jolt of neat gin, the Commons got round to discussing the BBC crisis.

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16 h. ago We must fight for our journalism, defiant BBC boss says after Trump legal threat

Outgoing boss rallies staff after Donald Trump’s court threat and demand for $1bn compensation

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19 h. ago BBC boss urges ‘fight’ for its journalism as board considers Trump threat

Tim Davie’s comments come after US president says he will sue for $1bn if he does not get an apology and compensation

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20 h. ago It’s the BBC v Trump, Farage and co. Who in their right mind would want to be its new boss? | Marina Hyde

Public life is a minefield and the best and brightest just don’t want to know. How convenient for foes of the most trusted news organisation in the worldListen, I hate to ruin a yarn wall but I don’t think it’s at all helpful to start framing the current crisis at the BBC as a giant conspiracy or coup by dark rightwing forces, and get stuck in the weeds of that. The fact is, the three mistakes that form the bulk of Michael Prescott’s explosive leaked memo about impartiality – the Panorama edit, issues with coverage of the transgender issue and bias in the BBC Arabic service – happened and are bad. Given their spectacular fallout and the highest-level scalps that have been claimed, the opportunity to now deal with them might as well be taken by what is, let’s not forget, the most trusted news organisation in the world.There is no news organisation in the United States that reaches more than 25% of people in a week. BBC News reaches 74% of UK adults in a week. There is vastly more dis...

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23 h. ago Outgoing BBC boss Tim Davie suggests BBC’s future will be ‘thriving’

Tim Davie has said that the BBC’s future will be “thriving” in his first public remarks since he resigned from his position of director-general on Sunday (9 November).

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24 h. ago BBC boss Tim Davie warns staff to not let narrative be 'given by enemies' amid Trump threat

As Donald Trump threatens the BBC with billion-dollar legal action in a row over 'editing', Beeb director-general Tim Davie has spoken to staff ahead of his departure

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34 h. ago Revealed: The cold fury that erupted as BBC board turned on news boss. But will hurricane Deborah take her revenge?

As Deborah Turness strode into the wood-panelled boardroom on the third floor of BBC Broadcasting House the tension in the air was almost tangible.

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35 h. ago Will 'deluded and loathed' BBC deputy who is 'staunch defender of doctored Donald Trump footage' be next Beeb boss to be swept away?

Despite the impartiality scandal which has rocked the corporation and led to the resignations of Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness, her deputy Jonathan Munro remains in post.

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44 h. ago John Torode breaks silence on MasterChef axe as BBC boss Tim Davie forced out

The Australian chef had some choice words as his former employers were plunged into turmoil

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44 h. ago BBC Chair Samir Shah considering how to respond to ‘litigious fellow’ Trump

BBC chair Samir Shah has said he is considering how to respond to "litigious fellow" Donald Trump after the US president threatened legal action against the broadcaster following the selective editing of his speech outside the US Capitol on 6 January 2021 in a Panorama episode.

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46 h. ago 'Only one person can be the new BBC boss, and it's not one of the boys'

The new BBC boss cannot be one of the boys again, says Fleet Street Fox. History shows they keep cocking it up

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46 h. ago BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for 'error of judgment' over Panorama doctoring of Trump speech and considers contacting US president directly to say sorry

Samir Shah said he accepted that the way the US president's address was edited wrongly gave the impression that he had issued a 'direct call for violent action'.

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47 h. ago BBC chair Samir Shah criticises leaked memo that led to bosses’ resignation

Corporation head adds he is considering personal apology to ‘litigious’ Trump

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49 h. ago Tim Davie resigns live: Outgoing BBC News boss hit backs at Trump over claim broadcaster ‘corrupt’

BBC chairman set to apologise for editing of Panorama documentary

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49 h. ago Axed BBC News boss Deborah Turness fires back at Trump's claim Beeb is 'corrupt', Nigel Farage says US President is 'enraged' and Nick Robinson uses Today show to launch broadside

Deborah Turness, who quit yesterday over the editing of one of the President's speeches by Panorama, turned up for work this morning and told reporters that the corporation is not 'institutionally biased'.

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49 h. ago Axed BBC News boss Deborah Turness fires back at Trump's claim Beeb is 'corrupt' while Nick Robinson uses Today show to launch broadside

Deborah Turness, who quit yesterday over the editing of one of the President's speeches by Panorama, turned up for work this morning and told reporters that the corporation is not 'institutionally biased'.

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50 h. ago BBC boss Tim Davie 'ignored concerns about Trump documentary'

The Culture, Media and Sport Committee's chairwoman Dame Caroline Dinenage has said that the BBC director general 'didn't take concerns seriously' when it came to the Panorama doc

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51 h. ago Watch the moment GMB’s Susanna Reid clashes with Richard Madeley live on air as they row over BBC boss

GOOD Morning Britain's Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley kicked off the working week with a spat live on-air. The ITV presenters locked horns on the subject of Tim Davie, the scandal hit BBC director who resigned on Sunday, after the broadcaster was accused of doctoring a speech by President Donald Trump. The CEO of BBC News, Deborah Turness, also resigned...

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