4 h. ago Donald Trump says he has ‘obligation’ to sue BBC over speech edit – latest updates

US president claims broadcaster has ‘defrauded the public’ and reiterates his threat of launching a $1bn legal actionDonald Trump has grabbed the headlines after threatening to sue the BBC for $1bn (£760m) for what the corporation has accepted was a misleading edit of his speech on 6 January 2021 during the Capitol Hill insurrection.I wouldn’t want a board that’s guilty of groupthink, but the opposite of groupthink is different points of view. That makes the job of the chair challenging to try and organise and get consensus, but it’s important that people have a diversity of opinion on the board. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Who is Robbie Gibb, the man at the heart of the BBC scandal with links to Boris Johnson?

BBC staffers and leading political figures are calling for Sir Robbie Gibb to step down from the BBC board. So, who is the Tory ‘agent’ at the centre of a tangled web of politics and media interests, asks Katie Rosseinsky

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14 h. ago ANDREW PIERCE: Sir Robbie Gibb is NOT a Tory stooge. He's the BBC board member who's standing up for licence payers

Early risers listening to the BBC 's flagship Today programme at the weekend might have been forgiven for believing a coup had taken place and that Britain was now in the grip of a far-Right cabal.

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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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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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19 h. ago Vile NHS boss who raped child, 12, and sexually abused five more jailed for 28 years

Senior NHS executive and paedophile Paul Lipscombe, 51, has been sentenced to 28 years and one month in jail for raping a child and sexually abusing five other children

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20 h. ago 'Monster' NHS boss raped kids and abused others after grooming them on Snapchat

Paul Lipscombe raped a 12-year-old and sexually abused five others after grooming them on Snapchat - the married executive was described as 'devious' and 'manipulative'

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24 h. ago Norway boss issues Martin Odegaard injury update as Arsenal face anxious Tottenham wait

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard is currently out injured and Norway boss Stale Solbakken has provided an update on his fitness

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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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26 h. ago Is it hay fever or a cold? Experts reveal the one main difference

Hay fever and cold viruses share some overlapping symptoms

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28 h. ago The Kinahan cartel's 'treasure map': How crime boss led police to gang's hidden gun arsenal in botched bid for a shorter sentence

The Mail has been given an exclusive insight into the UK National Crime Agency operation that exposed his plot through insider testimony from the lead detective involved.

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30 h. ago Liverpool news: Jurgen Klopp's private text to Arne Slot as Reds boss points finger of blame

The latest Liverpool news as Arne Slot's side were demolished by Manchester City on Sunday, with the Reds' boss coming under pressure once again

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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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37 h. ago Car saleswoman who claimed her boss referred to them as 'Beauty and the Beast' loses sex discrimination case

Hanan Gendi complained that her manager Mark Brown compared her to Belle from the Disney classic and him to the Beast, a tribunal heard.

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41 h. ago BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders

Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bossesA BBC board member with links to the Conservative party “led the charge” in pressuring the corporation’s leadership over claims of systemic bias in coverage of Donald Trump, Gaza and transgender rights, the Guardian has been told.Sources said Robbie Gibb, Theresa May’s former communications chief who was appointed to the BBC’s board during Boris Johnson’s time as prime minister, amplified the criticisms in key board meetings that preceded the shock resignation of the director general, Tim Davie, and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Tax rises are coming... and if air travellers are sacrificed to pay even more, it will be a disaster for Britain, says former BA boss

Rachel Reeves' plans to hike taxes on holidaymakers would be a 'disaster for Britain', a former British Airways boss has warned.

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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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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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50 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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