6 d. ago BBC in crisis: key questions to answer as Commons select committee meets

MPs will examine Michael Prescott’s claims of liberal bias in coverage of Gaza, racial diversity and trans issuesThe BBC has been plunged into crisis by the sudden resignation of its director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness. Their departure followed a disagreement over how to respond to a memo from its former external adviser Michael Prescott, in which he claimed there were “serious and systemic problems” at the corporation. He alleged liberal bias in its coverage of the US election, Gaza and racial diversity and transgender issues.Their decision shocked many in New Broadcasting House, but what emerged in the hours after their departure was talk of a rightwing “coup”, board splits and crippling delays. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Jurgen Klopp stance says it all as Liverpool crisis sparks Arne Slot sack talk

Liverpool's 3-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday has left Arne Slot's future in serious doubt, with the Dutchman now under pressure at Anfield

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7 d. ago Murder Inc: how my failed attempt to make a Zodiac Killer film took me to the dark heart of the true crime industry

When my quest to make a cliche-free film about one of America’s most notorious cold cases fell apart, I ended up investigating something entirely different – our own morbid curiosityIf you think true crime is inescapable when you’re browsing Netflix or making small talk with your co-workers, try working in the documentary industry. As you traipse from one commissioning meeting to the next, pitching your passion project on the history of mime or the secret life of snails, you can almost hear the words before they’re spoken: “Got any other ideas?” Preferably something with a body count.I had just begun making documentaries in 2015, when the double whammy of HBO’s The Jinx and Netflix’s Making a Murderer brought true crime back to the dead centre of popular culture. Positioned as social justice projects as much as murder mysteries, those shows seemed to herald a new beginning for the genre. Soon enough, though, they gave way to a steady stream of interchangeable offerings, many of them...

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1 week ago I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past | María Ramírez

This week marks 50 years of Spanish democracy, but the failure to talk more about the crimes of the dictatorship leaves us vulnerable Like most Spaniards alive today, I was born after the death of Franco 50 years ago. Even for my parents’ generation, the dictatorship that lasted from 1939 until 20 November 1975 is today a distant bad dream. Growing up, the stories I heard were mostly about the post-Franco democratic transition, a time full of promise and energy as younger people set about rebuilding everything from scratch.My mother, who was pregnant with me when she voted in the first free elections in 1977, talks about that time as the happiest of her life. International media reporting from that year described “a broad optimism” in a soon-to-be “healthy, modern, lively nation”.María Ramírez is a journalist and deputy managing editor of elDiario.es, a news outlet in Spain Continue reading...

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1 week ago Toby Tarrant's idiots guide to cricket as he tries to explain the inexplicable to Ashes idiots

Toby Tarrant is used to talking for a living - but can he talk around people who don't understand cricket like the Daily Star's features ed Meg?

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2 w. ago Dallas Cowboys set up fund for Marshawn Kneeland’s pregnant girlfriend

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3 w. ago Jennifer Lawrence drops hints as to why she has been so emotional lately... after bizarre CRYING on talk show

The 35-year-old Oscar winner recently left Jimmy Fallon squirming as she burst into tears on The Tonight Show.

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3 w. ago Irresistible Liverpool put crisis talk to bed with emphatic response in Real Madrid win

LIVERPOOL 1-0 REAL MADRID: Alexis Mac Allister's header made it back-to-back victories for Liverpool for the first time in September, suggesting that their crisis is over

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last month Arne Slot to make huge Liverpool changes in fight to halt crisis amid sack talk

Liverpool are back in Premier League action on Saturday evening as they welcome Aston Villa to Anfield, with under pressure Arne Slot set to make huge changes to his starting XI

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last month Arne Slot to make huge Liverpool changes in fight to halt crisis and talk of sack

Liverpool are back in Premier League action on Saturday evening as they welcome Aston Villa to Anfield, with under pressure Arne Slot set to make huge changes to his starting XI

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