[ad_1] BBC presenter Amol Rajan said he is considering relocating his family to India due to what he described as “big problems” in England, during a conversation with broadcaster Gyles Brandreth on the Rosebud podcast. Rajan, who hosts BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and University Challenge, said he is “very worried” about the future of […]
[ad_1] Former BBC Radio 2 presenter Scott Mills has issued his first public statement after being sacked by the broadcaster, addressing a past police investigation into alleged sexual offences.In a statement released through his lawyers, Mills said he had been the subject of “rumour and speculation” following his sudden exit.“The recent announcement that I am […]
[ad_1] Scott Mills, one of BBC Radio 2’s most recognisable voices and the host of its flagship Breakfast Show, was abruptly sacked last week in a move that stunned colleagues, listeners, and the broadcaster’s own staff. His termination, described only as relating to “personal conduct”, has since been linked to a police investigation that dates […]
[ad_1] LONDON: The BBC’s chairman acknowledged Monday that it was too slow in responding over a misleading edit of a speech by US President Donald Trump but rejected claims that the broadcaster’s impartiality was being undermined from within its own board.Senior BBC leaders were quizzed by Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee amid a major […]
[ad_1] Stung by accusations of liberal bias and threatened by a president’s lawsuit, the BBC’s chair apologized again on Monday to a parliamentary committee for failing to swiftly acknowledge misleading editing in a documentary about President Trump. But he said the British broadcaster had unjustly become a political football. “There is a kind of firestorm […]
[ad_1] Shumeet Banerji, an Indian-origin business leader and global advisor, resigned from the BBC board on 21 November 2025, citing serious “governance issues” within the corporation. His departure followed weeks of turmoil triggered by a controversial Panorama episode that misrepresented parts of US President Donald Trump’s 2021 Capitol riot speech. Banerji said he was not […]
[ad_1] Shumeet Banerji, an Indian-origin member of the BBC’s board, has resigned, citing “governance issues” at the top of the corporation. Banerji also said in a letter that he was “not consulted” about the events leading up to the resignations of Director General Tim Davie and BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness.Banerji confirmed his resignation […]
[ad_1] A major row broke out after US President Donald Trump threatened to sue the BBC for at least one billion dollars over what he says is a misleading edit of his January 6 speech. The clash has triggered resignations at the top of the broadcaster, What the BBC documentary claimed The Panorama episode at […]
[ad_1] As Tim Davie is forced to step aside, the outgoing BBC director general left his staff with a firm message: “fight for our journalism,” he told employees on Tuesday, only days after Donald Trump threatened to sue the corporation for $1 billion over a Panorama programme.Speaking during a 40-minute internal call, Davie acknowledged the […]
[ad_1] Donald Trump has warned the BBC that it must retract and apologise for what the US president calls “false, defamatory, disparaging, and inflammatory statements” in a Panorama documentary about his Jan 6 speech, or face a 1$ billion lawsuit. His legal team has given the broadcaster until Friday to respond, according to Fox News. […]
