Tag: BBC
Twitter: BBC objects to 'government funded media' label
Corporation says it wants to resolve issue after one of its main accounts receives new designation.
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Private firms profiting from asylum hotels, BBC learns
The government pays millions each day to house asylum seekers in almost 400 hotels across the UK.
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Gary Lineker row: BBC impartiality dominates Prime Minister's Questions
The Labour leader attacks Conservative MPs for "waging war on free speech" in the Gary Lineker row.
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Gary Lineker row goes to heart of BBC reputation – Ofcom boss
The regulator's boss says it is right the BBC is reviewing its social media guidelines after the row.
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‘Not affected by one party or other’ – BBC boss denies Tory pressure in Gary Lineker row
The BBC's director general Tim Davie has said that the corporation's decisions are not influenced by pressure from any political party, when questione [...]
Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day as BBC announces social media review
Director general Tim Davie says the BBC will carry out an independent review into its social media rules.
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Gary Lineker: More BBC sport shows cancelled by presenter boycott
Football coverage has been scaled back as a staff walkout in support of the Match of the Day host continues.
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Perfectly reasonable if Lineker had remained on BBC – Reeves
The shadow chancellor has said it would have been "perfectly reasonable" for Gary Lineker to remain in his presenting role for Match of the Day.Talkin [...]
Gary Lineker: Impartiality row leads to fresh calls for BBC chairman to resign
An ongoing KC-led review into Mr Sharp's appointment as BBC chairman is investigating whether he failed to properly disclose details of his involvemen [...]
BBC got Lineker row ‘badly wrong’ – Sir Keir Starmer
The BBC is not acting impartially and is "caving in" to Tory MPs by telling Gary Lineker to step back from presenting Match of the Day, says Sir Keir [...]
Obituary: Sir Bernard Ingham – BBC News
The Yorkshire Post poached him to be their man in Halifax, where Sir Bernard chewed Woodbine tobacco and became known for his Stakhanovite work ethic. [...]
Richard Sharp: PM declines to say if he backs under fire BBC chairman
Rishi Sunak said he would not "pre-judge" an investigation into Richard Sharp's ties with Boris Johnson.
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Richard Sharp: Pressure grows on BBC chairman after critical report
"The fact that ministers have cited this committee's original report on Mr Sharp's appointment as a defence of the process was followed, when we were [...]
Nandy: BBC chairman’s position ‘increasingly untenable’
Lisa Nandy has said that the BBC chairman's position is "increasingly untenable", when asked if Labour thought Richard Sharp should resign.Mr Sharp ma [...]
‘BBC chairman’s position is very difficult’ – SNP MP
John Nicolson has said BBC chairman's Richard Sharp's position is very difficult as he has broken the rules and "this has clearly caused embarrassment [...]