Latest BBC News – Page 407
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NewsFran Unsworth bids to plug press leaks
Fran Unsworth, the acting director of BBC News, has warned staff off leaking internal developments to the press and social networking websites as the corporation bids to restore public trust.
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NewsHIGNFY set for US remake
Hat Trick Productions is hoping to get “third time lucky” in its attempt to get its BBC comedy series Have I Got News For You broadcast in the US.
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NewsNewsnight report: 'Basic journalistic checks not completed'
The BBC has begun disciplinary action against staff involved in Newsnight’s erroneous Lord McAlpine report after an internal inquiry found that journalists failed to carry out “basic” checks.
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NewsNAO to question Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff
The National Audit Office has confirmed that it will discuss George Entwistle’s £450,000 payoff with the BBC Trust in light of increased political disquiet about the severance deal.
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NewsPatten defends George Entwistle pay-out
BBC Trust chairman, Lord Patten, has defended the terms of George Entwistle’s resignation to the chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee.
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NewsActing head of vision rallies staff
Acting head of vision Roger Mosey has rallied BBC Vision staff and defended public service broadcasting, saying the weekend’s developments “have been awful to watch” in an email.
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NewsDavie blames 'fuzzy decision making' for Newsnight report
Tim Davie, the acting BBC director general, has blamed Newsnight’s erroneous Lord McAlpine report on “fuzzy decision-making” within the corporation’s news division.
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NewsTim Davie reassures staff there will be no "handbrake turn"
Tim Davie, the acting director general, has reassured BBC staff there will be no “handbrake turn” in the first all-staff email from the corporation’s management since George Entwistle’s departure.
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NewsBBC in flux: temporary roles and changing faces
In the wake of George Entwistle’s resignation, see Broadcast’s at-a-glance guide to who’s doing what at the BBC.
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NewsEntwistle' departure: politicians, commentators and BBC staff react
More reaction to the unfolding events at the BBC
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NewsCulture secretary questions Entwistle’s £450,000 payout
Political pressure is mounting on the BBC over George Entwistle’s £450,000 payout after culture secretary Maria Miller said it was “tough to justify”.
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NewsBBC changes News management
BBC director of news Helen Boaden and her deputy Stephen Mitchell have “stepped aside” in the wake of Newsnight’s erroneous Lord McAlpine report and pending the results of the Pollard review.
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NewsPatten: new DG will be appointed ‘within weeks’
Lord Patten has promised that a new BBC director general will be in place in the next “few weeks” and will be tasked with launching a “radical structural overhaul” of the corporation.
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NewsBBC director general George Entwistle resigns
George Entwistle has dramatically resigned his post as director general of the BBC after Newsnight wrongly implicated former Tory treasurer Lord McAlpine in child abuse allegations.
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NewsMcAlpine to take legal action over abuse claims
Lord McAlpine has confirmed he will take legal action against all media who have “defamed” his reputation as it appears Newsnight may have failed to give him a right to reply ahead of broadcasting allegations.
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NewsBroadcasters under fire over abuse allegations
The Newsnight investigation into a Conservative grandee being involved in child abuse may have been a case of mistaken identity, it has been revealed, while This Morning is under fire for ambushing David Cameron on air.
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NewsJameela Jamil promoted to Chart Show as Kay and Yates leave Radio 1
Jameela Jamil is to become the first sole female presenter of the Radio 1, taking over from Reggie Yates in a reshuffle that also includes the departure of Vernon Kay.
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NewsBrown quits BBC drama to plot Neal Street expansion
Nicolas Brown, the BBC’s director of UK drama production, is following John Yorke into the indie sector and will join Sam Mendes’ indie Neal Street Productions next year.
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NewsBBC to clamp down on freelancer status
Thousands of BBC freelancers including on-screen talent could be forced to take staff contracts after the corporation launched an ‘employment test’ as part of its campaign to tighten up its tax arrangements.