Senior BBC staff will ‘step back’ from music and live events
………….as corporation admits it rated Bob Vylan’s Glastonbury set as ‘high risk’ but STILL let it air live anyway. BBC bosses will be stepping back […]
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BBC Glastonbury anti-Israel scandal rages on
Festival FINALLY breaks silence to apologise over appalling festival chants broadcast to the nation – but police stay quiet on any action taken Glastonbury has […]
Rupert Lowe calls for BBC TV licence to be scrapped after broadcaster advertises £125k ‘Head of DEI’ job
Rupert Lowe has called for the BBC licence fee to be abolished after it was revealed that the broadcaster was advertising for a “Head of […]
MasterChef fans blast BBC licence fee as contestants flown to Singapore: ‘Not necessary!’
MasterChef continued on Monday, marking the start of finals week as the competition heats up. For the episode, the four remaining finalists were brought to […]
BBC admits wrongly claiming far-Right groups attended anti-Ulez protest
Broadcaster fell short on finding evidence to back up the claim pro-Nazi (who were national socialists) groups had protested in Trafalgar Square The BBC has […]
Countryfile viewers fume ‘lasted five minutes’ over ‘biased’ climate change coverage
In the latest episode of Countryfile, hosts John Craven and Margherita Taylor travelled to the village of Charsfield in Suffolk to celebrate acclaimed rural writer […]
BBC slammed for doing nothing to tackle cost-of-living crisis as TV licence fee row grows
Campaigner Dennis Reed asked what the BBC is doing as a “compassionate contribution” to support pensioners in the cost of living crisis, noting that some […]
Why did an ex-Guardian editor and his liberal chums (as well as the BBC) give this drill rapper a platform to glorify savage violence?
On Tuesday, a young man who wished to remain anonymous was interviewed on the BBC’s World at One. ‘What’s your first name?’ presenter Sarah Montague […]
Bloated BBC under pressure as broadcaster forced to slash hundreds of World Service jobs
Job losses at looming at the BBC as the corporation moves to tighten its belt. BBC director-general Tim Davey is wielding the axe at the […]
And another: BBC presenter who sexually abused boy while another man held him down is jailed for eight years
A BBC radio presenter who sexually abused a teenage boy after luring him to BBC studios with backstage passes has been jailed for eight years. […]
‘Universal household levy offers viable alternative to BBC licence fee – report’
A universal household levy could offer a viable alternative to the BBC licence fee, a new report has suggested. The Lords Communications and Digital Committee […]
The BBC admits it did know of sex complaints over radio DJ
The director-general of the BBC faces questions after the broadcaster revealed that it did have evidence of a police complaint against Tim Westwood, the former […]
BBC must improve its complaints procedure, Ofcom warns
Watchdog demands greater oversight of broadcaster’s complaints process after identifying series of failings. The BBC must improve its complaints procedure or be required to do […]
BBC lets Lewis Goodall leave Newsnight ‘to solve Left-wing bias’
BBC bosses allowed reporter Lewis Goodall to leave Newsnight to solve the corporation’s ‘problem of left-wing bias’, reports claim. Lewis Goodall set to join Emily […]
Radio 4 presenter’s statement that JK Rowling had ‘very unpopular opinion’ on gender issues is ruled ‘misleading’ by the BBC
The BBC has criticised an arts reporter who made a ‘misleading’ comment on JK Rowling’s views on gender identity. The BBC upheld an accuracy complaint […]
BBC under fire over anti-Tory radio host as MP calls for investigation into decision to employ presenter Matthew Stadlen who has repeatedly criticised Boris Johnson
A Conservative MP last night called for the BBC to investigate how it made the decision to employ a presenter who has repeatedly criticised the […]
BBC to give majority of staff five per cent pay rise by end of year
The BBC has struck a pay deal that will see the majority of employees given a 4.2 per cent pay rise in August followed by […]
Home Secretary accuses broadcaster of exhibiting an ‘undercurrent of xenophobia’ when reporting on the Government’s Rwanda immigration plan
Priti Patel last night accused the BBC’s coverage of her Rwanda migrant plan as carrying ‘undercurrents of xenophobia’. Home Secretary says she was ‘taken aback’ […]