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Police questioned former Radio 1 star in March and again last week over five allegations The DJ Tim Westwood has been interviewed under caution by the Metropolitan police in relation to five sexual offence allegations dating back more than 40 years.The…
Billionaire also says pain level from owning site is ‘extremely high’ but the business is ‘breaking even’Elon Musk, Twitter’s billionaire owner, has said the social media platform will change the BBC’s label of “government-funded media” after the broad…
Sixty years ago, a little-known Liverpudlian band took to the stage at Stowe school in Buckinghamshire• Samira Ahmed: A tape that takes us back to an era of optimismIt was a sweet slice of cultural history and, at the same time, evidence of an unlikely…
Canadian politician, poet, an India MP and journalists are among 120 accounts that have been withheldTwitter has been accused of bowing to government pressure in India by blocking scores of prominent journalists, politicians and activists from its plat…
Novelist compares UK to Hungary in Radio Times interview, while Ken Bruce criticises handling of Radio 2 exit The BBC is “under threat, politically,” the novelist Ian McEwan has said, as he compared sections of the Conservative party to the populist ri…
NUJ members’ 24-hour stoppage on 5 May will coincide with the reporting of poll resultsBBC journalists in England have announced a second 24-hour strike, to run from midnight on 5 May to coincide with the reporting of local election results, in a dispu…
John Birt says appointment process for chairman ‘fatally flawed’ due to ‘cosiness’ of Boris Johnson loanFormer BBC director general John Birt has said chairman Richard Sharp’s appointment should not stand as he was an “unsuitable candidate” in a “fatal…
Tribunal rules TV host has not failed to pay any tax or national insurance as IR35 rules do not apply to himGary Lineker has won his battle with HMRC over a £4.9m tax bill.The tax authorities had told the Match of the Day host, who operates his own com…
Corporation rejects freedom of information request from campaigner who claims show is ‘rigged’ The BBC has been accused of “hiding” the extent of its Oxbridge bias on University Challenge in a deepening row about alleged elitism on the show.The Guardia…
Corporation denies breach of impartiality rules by ‘rigging’ show in favour of Oxford and CambridgeThe BBC has rejected charges of elitism aimed at its University Challenge quiz show and defended allowing separate Oxford and Cambridge colleges to enter…