John Humphrys to leave Radio 4 Today programme by year's end
BBC Radio 4 Today programme presenter John Humphrys is looking to leave the show by the end of the year. Today editor Sarah Sands tweeted this year would be Humphrys’ “lap of honour” and his former...
View ArticleUkranian president in libel action against BBC over claim of £300,000 payment...
A libel action brought by the Ukrainian President against the BBC over allegations that a secret six-figure sum was paid to arrange talks between him and Donald Trump has reached the High Court. Petro...
View ArticleRAJAR: LBC grows to record 2.2m audience while BBC Radio 4 sheds 770,000...
LBC’s audience has grown by 188,000 listeners in the past year to more than 2.2m, the commercial talk radio station’s highest ever reach in its 46-year history, new industry figures show. BBC Radio 4,...
View ArticleBBC Radio 4 coverage since EU referendum 'not biased against Brexit', Ofcom...
The BBC has not breached due impartiality rules with its news and current affairs coverage of Brexit on Radio 4, Ofcom has ruled. A cross-party group of nine Leave-supporting MPs and peers complained...
View ArticleBBC cameraman shoved at Trump rally after US President ‘whipped’ crowd into...
A BBC cameraman was allegedly shoved by a Trump supporter at a rally in Texas yesterday after US President Donald Trump “whipped up” the crowd into a “frenzy against the media”, according to reporters....
View ArticleWhite House condemns violence after BBC cameraman 'shoved' at Trump rally
The White House has condemned violent attacks on the media after a BBC cameraman was allegedly shoved by a Donald Trump supporter at one of the US President’s rallies yesterday. Cameraman Ron Skeans...
View ArticleBBC to cut News at Ten by ten minutes with national news running five minutes...
The BBC will shorten the News at Ten from 45 minutes to 35 minutes next month to create a new regular slot for youth programming on BBC One and avoid the current overlap with Newsnight. The nightly...
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BBC axes This Week as presenter Andrew Neil ‘bows out’ from late-night...
The BBC has said it will axe late-night politics show This Week after host Andrew Neil revealed he would be leaving the programme. The Thursday night BBC One show will end after its current run in...
View ArticleSky News' Alex Crawford reminds journalists not to 'give up' after missing...
Sky News’ Alex Crawford has told young journalists hoping to be foreign correspondents never to give up after revealing she is “still kicking myself” for missing out on an interview with teen ISIS...
View ArticleNews services company running Iran International TV expands into Brussels...
UK-based news services company DMA Media, which helped launch BBC Persia and runs 24-hour TV station Iran International, has expanded into Brussels with the buyout of Headline NFP. The deal, made for...
View ArticleDiane Abbott says axed BBC late-night politics show This Week was ‘never...
Labour Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has said BBC late-night politics show This Week was “never surpassed” and that she “loved doing the programme”, which is set to end this summer. Abbott has...
View ArticleTalkradio presenter James Whale breached Ofcom code over 'insensitive'...
Talkradio presenter James Whale breached broadcasting guidelines in an interview with a journalist that “displayed a significant lack of sensitivity towards victims of sexual assault”, Ofcom has ruled....
View ArticleBBC News to let 12-strong audience panel choose what Brexit stories it covers...
BBC News will let 12 members of the public choose what Brexit stories it covers for one day. A selected audience panel will steer Brexit news across shows including the Today programme, BBC News at Six...
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BBC Scotland's The Nine aims to cover all 'shades of opinion' on Brexit and...
The team behind Scotland’s new dedicated TV news hour The Nine, which aired for the first time last night, has hired new correspondents in Westminster and Brussels to help it cover all “shades of...
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Critics herald 'promising start' for new BBC Scotland nightly news programme...
BBC Scotland’s new flagship news programme The Nine showed a “promising start” which was “informal, interesting and thoroughly professional” on its debut last night, critics have said. The hour-long...
View ArticleGlobal Radio to expand news operation but slash local programming in restructure
Global Radio will enlarge its news teams across the UK but cut the number of hours of locally-made programming at its regional stations as part of a restructure designed to help it compete with BBC...
View ArticleRoyal Television Awards: Channel 4 News scoops seven awards while Sky News...
Sky News beat BBC News to be named news channel of the year at the Royal Television Society awards last night, while Channel 4 News took home seven awards including the prize for daily news programme....
View ArticleViewers tune out for new Scottish TV news hour The Nine but BBC hails...
The BBC has hailed an “encouraging start” in the face of “particularly tough competition” for The Nine, its new flagship daily news hour for Scotland, despite a 73 per cent audience drop across its...
View ArticleBBC head of news Fran Unsworth joins corporation's board
BBC director of news and current affairs Fran Unsworth has joined the corporation’s board, the first new appointment since it was set up in 2017. Unsworth will replace deputy director general Anne...
View ArticleJonathan Dimbleby to leave BBC Radio 4 political debate show Any Questions?...
Jonathan Dimbleby will step down from his role hosting BBC Radio 4 political debate programme Any Questions? this summer after 32 years. The journalist will end his tenure as the show’s host at the end...
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