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Foreign Office ‘massive U-turn’ gaffe on BBC World Service
The Government bows to pressure over cuts to the BBC World Service, pledging an extra £2.2m of funding – a decision the Foreign Office’s own website initially headlined a “massive U-turn”.
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BBC’s Primark apology over ‘fake’ child labour footage
The BBC is to make an on-screen apology to clothing chain Primark after a June 2008 edition of Panorama showed footage of child labour that was “more likely than not” faked.
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FactCheck: UK budget cuts – does the BBC over-egg it?
The claim “Fact of the day (because the BBC won’t tell you): UK spending cuts are currently smaller than €urozone average” Tim Montgomerie, Conservative Home editor, on Twitter, May 23 2011
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FactCheck: PM tells BBC to ‘go back to school’ over AV
The claim “I have a second preference as well as you, as well as Justin here, or anybody else – and you count them again as well.” John Humphrys, presenter, BBC Radio 4 Today programme, May 3, 2011
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BBC’s Andrew Marr admits super-injunction
Andrew Marr has revealed he took out a super-injunction to protect his family’s privacy. The BBC presenter now says he is “embarrassed” about the gagging order.
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Libya: BBC journalists ‘beaten with fists, knees and rifles’
Three BBC journalists were detained, beaten and subjected to a “mock execution” by Gaddafi forces after attempting to enter the besieged city of Zawiyah.
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Ex-Countryfile presenter wins BBC ageism case
Ex-Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly wins her claim against the BBC for age discrimination. TV presenter Mariella Frostrup tells Channel 4 News it was a “landmark judgement”.
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BBC apologises for imposter MP and four-letter gaffes
The BBC incorrectly interviews someone posing as a Lib Dem MP, just hours after two BBC presenters say sorry for making the same embarrassing slip over the name of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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BBC apologises for imposter MP and four-letter gaffes
The BBC incorrectly interviews someone posing as a Lib Dem MP, just hours after two BBC presenters say sorry for making the same embarrassing slip over the name of Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
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BBC News staff begin strike
BBC TV and radio news programmes were disrupted today after thousands of staff went on strike in a pensions row. Channel 4 News looks at what programmes are on, and off.
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BBC strike is sign of things to come
Today’s BBC strike is a “foretaste of things to come” as budget cuts hit the national broadcaster, former Channel 5 Chief Executive David Elstein tells Channel 4 News.
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George Entwistle quizzed on BBC Savile crisis
The BBC director-general answers questions about the corporation’s handling of the Jimmy Savile sex abuse row.
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BBC to freeze licence fee
The BBC is to freeze the licence fee for the next six years and absorb the cost of the World Service as part of cuts agreed ahead of the government’s spending review, writes Siobhan Kennedy.
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BBC staff call off planned strike
BBC staff have called off a planned strike which would have blacked out David Cameron’s speech to next week’s Conservative Conference.
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Presenters warn BBC strikers against conference blackout
Ed Miliband and BBC presenters warn staff over a strike during the Conservative conference, as media pundit Steve Hewlett tells Channel 4 News the walkout would damage the broadcaster’s reputation.