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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 no…
NEW DELHI: Mark Tully, one of the most well-known journalists to report from India, died at a private hospital in Delhi on Sunday. He was 90. He had been unwell for some time and was admitted to Max Hospital in Saket last week.Born in 1935 in Tollygunge, Kolkata, to British parents, Tully spent his early…
US President Donald Trump (Photo credit: AP) US President Donald Trump on Monday filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC, accusing Britain’s public service broadcaster of misleadingly editing a speech he delivered to supporters in Washington on January 6, 2021, shortly before the US Capitol was stormed. The January 2021 attack on the US Capitol…
TOI Correspondent from London: BBC board non-executive director Shumeet Banerji on Friday resigned from his post in the wake of the doctored Trump scandal, saying there are governance issues at the top of the corporation.He also said in his letter that he was “not consulted” about the events leading up to the departures of director-general…
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 on…
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. The…
BBC chair Samir Shah has apologised for what he described as an “error of judgement” in the editing of a documentary featuring a speech by US President Donald Trump, following hundreds of viewer complaints, reported BBC.In a letter to the UK parliament’s culture, media and sport committee, Shah acknowledged that the way Trump’s speech was…
FILE – BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured at BBC World Service offices in London, Thursday, April 28, 2022. (Hannah McKay/Pool via AP, File) BBC Director-General Tim Davie resigned after a week of mounting controversies that left the public broadcaster reeling. His exit, alongside BBC News chief Deborah Turness, followed outrage over a Panorama episode…
The head of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Tim Davie, announced his resignation on Sunday, ending a 20‑year career with the broadcaster and his five‑year tenure as director‑general. His departure comes amid a swirling row over the corporation’s editorial standards. What triggered the move The immediate cause was a documentary from the BBC’s flagship current‑affairs…
US President Donald Trump on Sunday responded to the resignation of Tim Davie as Director‑General of the BBC. The MAGA chief thanked The Telegraph for “exposing corrupt journalists.“ On his social‑media platform Truth Social, he posted: “The TOP people in the BBC, including TIM DAVIE, the BOSS, are all quitting/FIRED, because they were caught ‘doctoring’…
