“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
A caller to Nicky Campbell’s BBC Radio 5 Live show has fumed at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and praised Suella Braverman. The caller, known as Trisha, rang in to show her support for the former Home Secretary who was sacked on Monday
An unfortunate mistake left BBC viewers chuckling after Gary Lineker’s name was spelled incorrectly on a broadcast. While the football presenter was being interviewed in Manchester, his name was written as “Gary Linekar”. It comes as Mr Lineker this morning issued a
Nadine Dorries stunned Laura Kuenssberg and her panel this morning after she suggested Michael Gove was “drunk” when he was mobbed by a crowd of protesters yesterday. Disturbing scenes at Victoria Station in central London yesterday showed Mr Gove being surrounded by
A Tory MP had an online meltdown after reading about the case of a woman using food banks and on benefits being dragged into court and fined for not paying the BBC Licence Free. Stoke North MP Jonathan Gullis, a strong critic
A Labour MP admitted some areas of the new 20mph speed limit in Wales are “frankly bonkers” during an appearance on BBC Question Time. The Labour-run Welsh Government earlier this year dropped the default speed limit from 30mph to 20mph for residential
A BBC newsreader has hinted why the organisation doesn’t refer to Hamas as terrorists. Presenter Kirsty Young has suggested that the BBC has made the decision because it isn’t able to upset the Gaza authority because it wants access. Following a barrage
The BBC has been urged to publish a report on alleged bias against Israel left untouched for nearly two decades. Former attorney general Sir Michael Ellis, a prominent Jewish politician, has claimed the broadcaster has “suppressed” an inquiry named the Balen Report,