BBC unveils plan to promote black and ethnic minority staff as ‘senior leaders’ to create more ‘inclusive’ organisation – as June Sarpong becomes Director of Creative Diversity Tony Hall outlined plan to make the BBC representative of the whole of the UK He said the organisation would be doing more to promote talented leaders Comes … Read more
Andrew Neil savages Boris Johnson in monologue calling out PM’s refusal to face him for BBC interview and insisting he must address his ‘untrustworthiness’ before election Andrew Neil issued astonishing monologue aimed at the Prime Minister tonight All other party leaders have now taken part in the half-hour BBC One inquisition Critics suggested he is … Read more
Nigel Farage suggests he would challenge Donald Trump over NHS drug prices under a post-Brexit UK/US trade deal in a BBC interview with Andrew Neil – but says chlorinated chicken would be fine in British supermarkets ‘with the right labelling’ Brexit Party leader said that the row over drug price rises was ‘utterly ludicrous’ But … Read more
Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth pulls out of last Question Time before the Election in protest at all-male line-up Shadow treasury minister Anneliese Dodds will replace the Mr Ashworth tonight Mr Ashworth’s remarks poured petrol on already raging sexism row over line-up Tonight’s episode is the last of BBC’s flagship debate show before the election By … Read more
Thousands of people with mental health problems are being left waiting for months on end for therapy on the NHS, an investigation has revealed. Statistics show one in six people who qualify for talking therapy wait six weeks or more for their treatment to begin after being told they need it. Last year almost 300,000 … Read more
Four Brexit Party MEPs including Annunziata Rees-Mogg are set to QUIT and urge voters to back Boris Johnson as Nigel Farage faces huge revolt Four Brexit Party MEPs are set to quit this morning and urge voters to back Tories John Longworth and Annunziata Rees-Mogg are among the group resigning Move comes just a week … Read more
Royal staff could ban Prince Andrew from attending the Royal Family’s Christmas Day church service over fears of protests, a royal source has revealed. Courtiers are understood to be concerned that sex abuse campaigners could infiltrate the crowds, keeping the glaring spotlight on the Duke of York’s friendship with the millionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Andrew stepped … Read more
Fans have been given a first glimpse of Mackenzie Crook in character as walking, talking scarecrow Worzel Gummidge in a Christmas reboot of the BBC show. A trailer for the show shows the former The Office star, 48, looking unrecognisable in the revival of the 70s TV favourite which famously had the late Jon Pertwee in … Read more
Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson has apologised for voting through swingeing welfare cuts when the party was in power with the Tories. Ms Swinson, who was a minister in the coalition government, said austerity had gone too far. She told BBC One’s The Andrew Neil Interviews: ‘Clearly too much was cut. Clearly not enough was … Read more
The BBC has apologised to Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker prize, for referring to her as ‘another author’ during a news bulletin. Evaristo, 60, won the prize in October for her novel Girl, Woman, Other, alongside Margaret Atwood, 80, who won it for The Testaments, the eagerly awaited sequel to the dystopian … Read more
‘Are they feeding you lines?’ The excruciating moment Emma Barnett challenges a Plaid Cymru candidate on BBC 5Live after microphones pick-up press officers whispering in the studio Fflur Elin was challenged over noise heard by the broadcaster this morning Pontypridd candidate admitted party media aides were with her in remote studio Ex-student leader denied being … Read more
Bernardine Evaristo, the first black woman to win the Booker Prize, slams BBC News for ‘removing my name from history’ – as presenter names co-winner Margaret Atwood but calls her ‘another author’ BBC News has been criticised by author Bernardine Evaristo after presenter Shaun Ley didn’t mention her by name when talking about the Booker … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at the Treehouse London, which has rooms that are ‘full of fun’ with cuddly toys on the beds and TREE TRUNKS in the bathrooms – plus there are great views of the city Treehouse London, just off Regent Street, has only been open a matter of days The lifts are encased in bark … Read more