94 m. ago Prime Minister Keir Starmer vows to look into closure of Welsh town's last bank

Lloyds, the last remaining bank in Pontardawe, is set to close on November 20

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3 h. ago Keir Starmer vows to 'always stand up' for the BBC as he defends broadcaster amid Donald Trump row

The Prime Minister told MPs he was 'a strong supporter' of the BBC and said the 'argument for an impartial British news service is stronger than ever'.

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3 h. ago Panorama editors ‘did not know Trump speech had been spliced together’

Donald Trump has said the broadcaster ‘defrauded the public’ and that he had an ‘obligation’ to launch a $1billion lawsuit

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22 h. ago Labour tells critics to back off from 'Auntie': Lisa Nandy defends the BBC amid Donald Trump row by lavishing praise on broadcaster as a 'light on the hill' for people around the world

In a statement to the House of Commons, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy heaped praise on 'Auntie' as it reels from the dramatic resignations of senior bosses.

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31 h. ago Tim Davie ‘very, very proud’ of BBC journalists doing ‘wonderful job’

The outgoing director-general will address staff on Tuesday morning.

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43 h. ago BBC ‘can’t be held to ransom,’ says David Dimbleby as Donald Trump threatens legal action over Panorama

The BBC “can’t be held to ransom,” David Dimbleby said after Donald Trump 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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49 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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49 h. ago If you care about the BBC, stand up and defend it: this could be the beginning of the end | Polly Toynbee

Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weaponsGotcha! The BBC’s enemies have taken two scalps and inflicted maximum damage. The shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of news, Deborah Turness, make it look as if the BBC accepts that it does indeed suffer from “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights. But in this political coup, only the BBC’s sworn ideological foes think a cherrypicked sample of journalistic errors amounts to “systemic” bias.It was indeed a bad mistake to splice together two bits of Trump’s speech; but it needed a quick apology, not a decapitation. The BBC’s chair, Samir Shah, I’m told, tried to persuade Davie to stay to avoid this apparent capitulation to critics: Davie should indeed have stood his ground, not weakened the BBC by walking away.Polly Toynbee is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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50 h. ago BREAKING: Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC over Panorama crisis

The BBC has confirmed that US President Donald Trump has threatened to sue the broadcaster after his speech was edited to look as though he was inciting violence in a Panorama doc

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50 h. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC following documentary editing row

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC after the broadcaster issued a grovelling apology for editing one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary

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50 h. ago Trump threatens to sue 'BBC for $1bn' if it does not respond in four days

Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC after the broadcaster issued a grovelling apology for editing one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary as the US president sets a deadline

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52 h. ago Donald Trump 'corrupt' BBC claim rejected by Keir Starmer in latest twist

Downing Street threw its weight behind the BBC and rejected allegations that the broadcasting service is 'institutionally biased' after a major row over Donald Trump's speech

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53 h. ago Tim Davie's BBC downfall sparked by 7 scandals from Princess Diana to Gary Lineker

As BBC Director General Tim Davie steps down from his post amid an ongoing controversy over an allegedly misleading broadcast of a Donald Trump speech, the Mirror takes a look at seven other scandals that preceded his downfall

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54 h. ago BBC gave Putin 'Trump treatment' with 'Ukraine falsehoods', says Russia official

One of Putin's mouthpieces has made wild claims about BBC coverage on Russia and its leader after top chiefs at the British broadcaster stepped down over coverage of Donald Trump

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54 h. ago Turness: BBC is not institutionally biased and journalists are not corrupt

The outgoing BBC News chief executive, who resigned on Sunday, stressed the corporation is not biased.

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56 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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2 d. ago BBC chief Tim Davie RESIGNS after broadcaster accused of ‘outright lies’ amid Donald Trump speech scandal

SCANDAL-hit BBC Director Tim Davie has resigned from his position after the broadcaster was accused of “deceptive editing” of a Donald Trump speech. The CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness has also resigned after the broadcaster was criticised for misleading viewers by how it spliced together footage of the US president. The embattled chiefs came under...

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2 d. ago Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage

Davie tells staff departure was “my own decision” but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speechTim Davie, the BBC’s director general, and the head of BBC News have resigned after a former adviser to the corporation accused it of “serious and systemic” bias in its coverage of issues including Donald Trump, Gaza and trans rights.In a shock move, Davie said his depature was his own, but comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way the broadcaster edited a Donald Trump speech. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Britain leads allies' bid to 'choke off funding' for Russia's war machine

Sir Keir Starmer vowed to 'choke funding for Russia's war machine' - but Ukraine is to miss out on much needed long-range missiles. The UK, US and EU are combining to block Kremlin oil and gas.

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer pushes ahead with unpopular digital ID plans as he lists benefits

PM Keir Starmer has vowed to push ahead with controversial digital ID plans despite their unpopularity with the public - as he said there were benefits to be had for people

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