The BBC is being forced to cut back key shows in a bid to save £500m. As part of this plan, BBC Two’s Newsnight is due to be slimmed down and have its format dramatically changed. The flagship show will lose its dedicated
The BBC is spending more than £600,000 and as much as £1.1million a year on diversity and inclusion staff, a Freedom of Information request reveals. The broadcaster employs 15 people in diversity, equity or inclusion roles, equivalent to 13.35 full-time positions as
Lee Anderson has criticised the BBC as being “anti-Government” in a TV debate about the licence fee. The deputy chair of the Conservative Party made the claim during a discussion with former Labour minister Denis MacShane and journalist Alys Denby. He compared
Huw Edwards is set to step down from the BBC after an internal inquiry, reports claim. The face of the BBC was suspended back in July after he was accused of paying for explicit pictures, and sending inappropriate messages to members of
Question Time’s Fiona Bruce appeared to take a swipe at newly-appointed minister Esther McVey last night. Announcing next week’s panel, the BBC host said the episode will be broadcast from Doncaster, and will feature the Spectator’s Andrew Neil, comedian Zoe Lyons and
BBC News International Editor Jeremy Bowen has come under fire for his comments regarding the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza. Bowen’s remarks, made during a report on the conflict, have sparked accusations of “Hamas apologism” and raised concerns about the objectivity of
A former Channel 4 News and Newsnight political journalist has hit out at BBC’s Radio 4 for focusing too much on “woke” issues. Michael Crick, who joined the BBC in 1990, said the station spent too much time “dealing with questions of
“And I love the BBC. For all its difficulties and problems, it’s an incredible institution. It’s something we should be massively proud of, and sometimes we rubbish it.” The Beeb have since drawn up new social media guidelines for their freelance presenters,
Match of the Day host Gary Lineker says he regrets a controversial tweet that sparked an enormous impartiality row at the BBC. The 62-year-old was taken off air in March after comments he made about then Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s attempts to
The BBC apologised today after a newsreader incorrecly claimed that Israeli soldiers were “targeting medical staff and Arab speakers” at Gaza’s largest hospital. A newsreader had been citing a report by news agency Reuters, stating that the IDF confirmed it would be