A Covid testing lab at the heart of the UK’s swabbing scheme processed potentially hundreds of contaminated samples every day, an undercover probe has claimed. A BBC Panorama investigation found a number of safety breaches and failings at the Lighthouse Lab in Milton Keynes during the second wave. Lab workers had rushed vital checks, discarded … Read more
BBC Four will become ‘Home of Repeats’ with original programming slashed in cost-cutting drive as BBC Three returns to TV screens BBC 4 will ‘become the home of the most distinctive content from BBC’s archive’ Corporation delivered £880 million savings last year compared to 2016/17 levels Channel will still broadcast programmes BBC Proms and BBC … Read more
After four decades in the same job — however engaging — most people would be forgiven for feeling a teeny bit jaded. Particularly if it involved getting up at 3.10am every weekday and rushing into a radio studio, only to have your racing tips rubbished by your co-presenters, your fashion sense — in particular, one … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Who is to blame for Nicola Sturgeon’s diversity crisis? By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:57 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 29 March 2021 After winning a no-confidence vote last week, an embattled Nicola Sturgeon has launched her party’s campaign for the Scottish Parliament elections in May. Scotland, … Read more
Princess Diana was allegedly tricked into granting her Panorama interview after Martin Bashir showed her a faked abortion ‘receipt’ for royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke. The shocking claim is among bombshell evidence given to the inquiry into the BBC and Bashir. Retired Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson has interviewed 17 witnesses as he probes allegations the … Read more
Princess Diana was allegedly tricked into granting her Panorama interview after Martin Bashir showed her a faked abortion ‘receipt’ for royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke. The shocking claim is among bombshell evidence given to the inquiry into the BBC and Bashir. Retired Supreme Court judge Lord Dyson has interviewed 17 witnesses as he probes allegations the … Read more
ANDREW PIERCE: Who is to blame for Nicola Sturgeon’s diversity crisis? By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 01:57 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 01:57 BST, 29 March 2021 After winning a no-confidence vote last week, an embattled Nicola Sturgeon has launched her party’s campaign for the Scottish Parliament elections in May. Scotland, … Read more
After four decades in the same job — however engaging — most people would be forgiven for feeling a teeny bit jaded. Particularly if it involved getting up at 3.10am every weekday and rushing into a radio studio, only to have your racing tips rubbished by your co-presenters, your fashion sense — in particular, one … Read more
Chinese propaganda artist mocks Western criticism of human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims with illustration of ‘BBC News journalist’ in white hood, cotton-picking slaves and kneeling police officer Digital image shows western journalists in KKK hoods interviewing a scarecrow The scarecrow is propped up on a cross by a kneeling, hooded police officer Western governments and … Read more
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden slams ‘sneering’ mockery of minister’s union flag and Queen portrait by BBC presenters during interview Oliver Dowden joined criticism of BBC hosts mockery of minister’s union flag Culture Secretary said sometimes the comments descended into ‘sneering’ Government issued guidance for union flags to be flown on buildings every day By James … Read more