1 hour 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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3 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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17 h. ago BBC's Deborah Turness loved attention and was a 'super schmoozer'

One can only imagine how Deborah Turness must have felt arriving at the BBC yesterday only to be 'doorstepped' by the BBC's highly rated special correspondent Lucy Manning.

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24 h. ago Gavin Henson and Charlotte Church's son turns up in BBC drama after ditching rugby to be an actor

The youngster appeared in BBC production 'Waiting for Burton' on Monday night and has spoken about his fledgling acting career

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26 h. ago Sanctimonious GB News is in no place to lecture BBC on fairness

Editorial: It was a calamitous error of judgement for ‘Panorama’ to edit Donald Trump’s notorious January 6 speech – but, in a more rational world, the corporation’s top brass would not have to pay such a heavy price. The BBC is unique in the world and still worth defending

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32 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 Sir Keir Starmer ducks demands to ditch the licence fee as he rallies behind the BBC and insists it is 'stronger than ever'... while Trump threatens to hit the corporation with a $1billion lawsuit

Downing Street pushed back against claims by Donald Trump that the corporation's 'corrupt' journalists are peddling '100 per cent fake news'.

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39 h. ago Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were right to resign – to give the BBC a fighting chance

Editorial: It was a calamitous error of judgement for ‘Panorama’ to edit Donald Trump’s notorious January 6 speech – but, in a more rational world, the corporation’s top brass would not have to pay such a heavy price. The BBC is unique in the world and still worth defending

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39 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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39 h. ago ‘Make no mistake – this was a coup’: the extraordinary downfall of the BBC’s top bosses

The whirlwind that started when Deborah Turness came under attack at a board meeting is part of a wider political story, some sayWhen Deborah Turness, the now departed BBC News chief, was first invited to a meeting with the corporation’s board a few weeks ago, there was little to suggest it would be a particularly significant encounter.But instead of a routine meeting, she came under attack over an item added to the agenda. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago BBC backed by UK government as Donald Trump threatens to sue

Donald Trump has branded the BBC '100% fake news' but Keir Starmer has backed the Corporation for being 'internationally renowned' and rejected the accusation that it's journalists were 'corrupt'

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43 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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44 h. ago Trump threatens legal action against the BBC as defiant chair Samir Shah fails to apologise to him and insists corporation is NOT institutionally biased

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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44 h. ago Donald Trump threatens legal action against BBC over Panorama scandal: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest fallout from the BBC as director-general Tim Davie and chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness both resign amid a series of crises at the corporation.

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44 h. ago From Lineker to Bob Vylan: The scandals that shaped Tim Davie’s reign at the BBC

From Huw Edwards’ prosecution, to Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set, Davie’s tenure at the BBC has been marked by turmoil and controversy

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44 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Is it time to scrap BBC licence fee as corporation finds itself embroiled in ANOTHER scandal?

The explosive edit led to the downfall of director-general Tim Davie and the head of BBC News, Deborah Turness, (pictured).

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45 h. ago BBC chairman Samir Shah's apology letter in full after Trump Panorama speech editing storm

The apology follows the resignation of two of the corporation's most senior figures, chief executive of BBC News Deborah Turness and director-general Tim Davie

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45 h. ago Tim Davie resigns live: BBC chair apologises for edit that presented Trump speech as ‘direct call to violence’

BBC chair says issue has led to over 500 complaints since memo publication

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45 h. ago BBC in turmoil: Chairman Samir Shah apologises over doctored Trump speech as 'fake news' storm engulfs corporation

Questions were being raised over Samir Shah’s ‘leadership’ in the crisis triggered by a doctored Trump speech

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46 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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