12 h. ago Government breaks silence on snap General Election after 680k Brits demand one

After amassing more than 680k signatories in just one week, the Government has finally responded to the ever-growing call for a snap General Election to be held this year

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19 h. ago New call to replace annual TV licence fee of £174.50 with adverts or paywall

A new online petition is urging the UK Government to replace funding methods for the BBC TV licence fee.

Economics

35 h. ago New UK porn laws petition reaches 515k as raging Brits demand Government cancel it

The rules state that online platforms are required to take measures to prevent children from accessing harmful content, such as pornography or material promoting suicide.

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5 d. ago Spanish beach bars demand urgent action as they reveal cost of Brits staying away

The president of the Association of Entrepreneurs of Concessions has demanded that the Balearic government take urgent action to head off this summer's negative results before more businesses and jobs are lost

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5 d. ago 'Majority' of Brits demand a snap general election as Keir Starmer faces humiliation

A petition calling for an "immediate" general election to be held has reached more than 137,000 votes as it soared past the 100,000 needed for Parliament to consider it worthy of a debate by MPs

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6 d. ago Inclusion of butter in UK recipe for cacio e pepe draws outrage from Italian media

Roman restaurant association ‘astonished’ to see four ingredients, not three, listed on Good Food websiteOne of the UK’s most popular food websites has cooked up a storm in Italy after allegedly botching a recipe for the traditional Roman pasta dish, cacio e pepe, drawing diplomatic representations from the main trade association for Italian restaurateurs.A recipe on Good Food, formerly owned by the BBC, which continues to licence the web address bbcgoodfood.com – described cacio e pepe, a culinary institution in the Italian capital, as a “store cupboard favourite” that could easily be whipped up for “a speedy lunch” using “four simple ingredients – spaghetti, pepper, parmesan and butter”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago BBC breaks silence on licence fee changes as calls for putting an end to it grow

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has admitted to the Daily Star that it is actively looking at changes to do with the licence fee, as anger grows across Britain over the forced payments

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3 w. ago DWP explains two legal ways pensioners can avoid TV licence fee completely

The BBC TV licence fee has risen again, but there is a way to reduce it to £0 a year if you're a state pensioner

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3 w. ago Brits demand end to BBC licence fee over Masterchef, Glastonbury and Gaza scandals

Anger over the BBC comes in the wake of a series of significant controversies, including Bob Vylan's Glastonbury set, Gregg Wallace's MasterChef candal and an investigation into the coverage of Gaza

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4 w. ago Mirror Daily Digest: Real reason Sycamore Gap was felled to major TV licence overhaul

In this Tuesday's Mirror Daily Digest, we've pulled together the biggest stories of the day from the real reason two vandals chopped down the Sycamore Gap to a major BBC TV licence overhaul

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4 w. ago BBC says TV licence fee reform may be the future as 300,000 households refuse to pay

BBC's annual report suggests that the broadcaster is looking for the 'best future funding model'.

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4 w. ago Tim Davie insists he is still right person to lead BBC after series of scandals

Director general defends his performance after criticism from culture secretary over ‘catastrophic failures’Tim Davie has insisted he is still the right person to lead the BBC, after a succession of controversies that have led the culture secretary to accuse him of overseeing a “series of catastrophic failures”.Davie has been under the most intense pressure of his five-year tenure as director general after incidents including the livestreaming of Bob Vylan’s performance at the Glastonbury festival, as well as the broadcast of a Gaza documentary that breached the corporation’s editorial guidelines. Continue reading...

Science

4 w. ago BBC licence fee overhaul as 300,000 more Brit households stop paying it

The annual report published today says the battle with its streaming rivals like Netflix has created "a moment of real jeopardy for the sector" as the BBC's reputation continues to dwindle

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4 w. ago Public faith in BBC 'called into question by recent catastrophic failure' says Lisa Nandy — as annual report set to be released

Annual report to come out amid storm over Gregg Wallace, Glastonbury Festival coverage and the Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary

Events

4 w. ago Focus on Gregg Wallace, Glastonbury and Gaza as BBC releases annual report

It comes after Ofcom announced it would investigate the BBC’s Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary.

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