Tim Davie

Why BBC is right to stop calling its high-profile staff the 'talent’ Stephen Jardine

A mugshot of former BBC broadcaster Huw Edwards who has been sentenced at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, to six months' imprisonment suspended for two years after admitting accessing indecent images of children. Picture: Metropolitan Police/PA Wire

Huw Edwards: Sentence for ex-BBC presenter revealed

The director general of the BBC has apologised to Strictly Come Dancing contestants who have had an experience that “hasn’t been wholly positive”

BBC boss makes Strictly Come Dancing future announcement

Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage. Picture: Habibur Rahman

BBC accused of ‘setting torch to delicate ecosystem of local news’

Concerns have been raised over cuts to BBC local radio services

Moving BBC Concert Orchestra out of London 'didn't make sense'

The BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

BBC Scotland axes 'The Nine' under news and current affairs shake-up

Annie Nightingale pictured in 2016. Photo: PA

Annie Nightingale, BBC Radio 1’s first female DJ, dies at 83

Editorial chiefs from across local publishers have sent a strong message to the BBC about its expansion

Analysis BBC must abandon the plan to elbow its way into local journalism

Ousting BBC Director-General over handling of Edwards case may not be enough John McLellan

Huw Edwards has been named as the BBC presenter at the centre of the scandal. Picture Getty Images

Edwards 'very angry' about coverage as BBC boss to front Parliament

Huw Edwards named by wife Vicky Flind as BBC presenter at centre of allegations

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 10: A general view of the front of BBC Broadcasting House on July 10, 2023 in London, England. Last week, the Sun newspaper published allegations that a BBC presenter had paid tens of thousands of pounds to a teenager in exchange for explicit photos. The broadcaster has said that a male presenter has been suspended while it conducts an investigation. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

BBC didn’t ask suspended presenter about sex picture claim for 7 weeks

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks with journalists after landing in Vilnius, Lithuania, where he will attend a Nato summit. Picture: Paul Ellis -Pool/Getty Images

Sunak describes allegations against BBC presenter as 'shocking' and 'concerning'

The alleged sex scandal involving a suspended top BBC presenter and a young person is likely to dominate a press conference with the corporation’s director-general Tim Davie scheduled on Tuesday (July 11) Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images

BBC’s Tim Davie to face questions over sex scandal

Members of the media report from outside BBC Broadcasting house, in central London, after a male presenter was suspended following allegations that he paid a teenager tens of thousands of pounds for sexually explicit images. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Young person at centre of BBC storm says claims against presenter are 'rubbish'

A member of the media outside BBC Broadcasting House in central London. Picture: Henry Nicholls/AFP via Getty Images

Why is the suspended BBC presenter not being named?

Buy Scottish fare - such as Bell's pies - advises reader (Picture: Ian Georgeson)

Readers Letters: Buy Scottish and every one of us will benefit

Richard Sharp has resigned as BBC chairman. Picture: DCMS/PA Wire

Richard Sharp resigns as BBC chairman

Len Goodman who has died aged 78

Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman dies at 78

BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints

BBC defends its news coverage of Gary Lineker row after viewers’ complaints

Gary Lineker, who will return to TV screens to present live coverage of the FA Cup quarter-final between Manchester City and Burnley on Saturday.

Gary Lineker will not host Match of the Day this weekend - here's why

Pro-independence campaigners from the All Under One Banner group demonstrate outside BBC Scotland's headquarters last November. Picture: Lisa Ferguson

Analysis: Will the BBC’s impartiality crisis cost it dearly in Scotland?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament. Picture: Jordan Pettitt/PA

PMQs: Sunak probed on why he didn't stand up to 'snowflake' MPs over Lineker row

Tim Davie, the under-fire director general of the BBC (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Lineker migration bill row exposes BBC's farcical attempts to be 'impartial'

Gary’s victory - now licence payers must have the same BBC freedom

BBC chairman Richard Sharp (left) and director-general Tim Davie (Picture: House of Commons/PA)

BBC chair and director-general are now hopelessly compromised – Scotsman comment

Gary Lineker is set to return to Match of the Day this weekend following disruption across the BBC Sport schedules.

Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day this weekend after BBC deal reached

Gary Lineker returns home with his dog on Sunday

Talks over Gary Lineker’s return 'moving in the right direction' say BBC

Gary Lineker, will "step back" from presenting Match Of The Day until he and the BBC have reached an "agreed and clear position" on his use of social media, the broadcaster said.

Match of the Day commentators boycott show in support of Gary Lineker

The BBC has “undermined its own credibility” by taking Gary Lineker off air, a former director-general of the corporation has said as the fallout from an impartiality row continues.

BBC has ‘undermined own credibility’ in Lineker row – former director-general

Gary Lineker, BBC Sport TV Pundit looks on prior to the Emirates FA Cup Quarter Final match between Leicester City and Manchester United at The King Power Stadium on March 21, 2021 in Leicester, England.

Alan Shearer and Ian Wright in Match Of The Day boycott to support Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker has told reporters outside his London home that he stands by his criticism of the Government’s immigration policy and does not fear suspension by the BBC.

Gary Lineker says he stands by criticism of Government’s immigration policy

John Motson.

Legendary BBC football commentator John Motson dies at 77

According to TV Licensing’s annual report last year, 1.96 million households said they did not watch the BBC in 2021-22

The only suitable home for BBC licence fee is on the Antiques Roadshow Gary Shipton

Comedian Joe Lycett arrives at BBC Broadcasting House in London, to appear on the BBC One current affairs programme, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Sunday September 4, 2022. Picture: Press Association

Laura Waddell: Lycett merely laughed at Britain’s brittle political discourse

The BBC are to re-set Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

BBC chief says Kuenssberg conducted herself in 'exemplary fashion'

Diana was lied to and conned by Martin Bashir to give BBC Panorama a bombshell interview in 1995

BBC donates £1.4 million to Princess Diana charities

Bill Turnbull dies aged 66 - tributes to former BBC Breakfast host

The BBC is to take on hosting duties with Contest to be held in United Kingdom in 2023

Eurovision: UK to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest

Sam Ryder, arrives at Heathrow Airport in London after finishing second in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy. Picture date: Sunday May 15, 2022.

Eurovision 2023: What we know about tickets, venues and dates so far

Photo issued by Netflix of Elizabeth Debicki as Diana, Princess of Wales appearing in the fifth season of the streaming website's show, The Crown.Issue date: Tuesday August 17, 2021.

The Crown ‘will show what we now know’ about Panorama interview with Diana

Clive Myrie during a televised BBC report from Ukraine. Picture: BBC

Russia sanctions dozens of UK journalists and media figures
Russia has banned dozens of UK journalists, including the heads of the BBC, Times and Guardian, from entering the country.

Veteran hip hop DJ and radio presenter Tim Westwood "strongly rejects all allegations of wrongdoing" after he was accused of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour by several women.

Tim Westwood steps down from radio show following sexual misconduct claims

Barry Cryer was one of the greats of British comedy (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)

Barry Cryer showed us all the benefits of embracing silliness – Scotsman comment

BBC Scotland is based at Pacific Quay in Glasgow (Picture: John Devlin)

Will threat to BBC licence fee revive calls for separate Scottish broadcaster?

BBC Scotland office in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

BBC boss questions viability of subscription-based alternative

Janice Long arriving at the The Audio and Radio Industry Awards in Leeds in 2018. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Former Top of the Pops presenter Janice Long dies

Laura Kuenssberg to step down as political editor at the BBC

Laura Kuenssberg to step down as political editor at the BBC

A general view of the BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay.

BBC plans sweeping changes to ensure impartiality

Amazon Original drama Good Omens stars the likes of Adria Arjona, David Tennant and Michael Sheen (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

TV and film-making is taking off – Angus Robertson

Match Of The Day host Lineker still highest earner at the BBC with a £1.36 million annual pay.(Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Match of the Day presenter still top BBC earner

Control over studios A and B at the BBC’s Pacific Quay base in Glasgow could be transferred to BBC Studioworks (Photo: Google Maps).

Concerns for Scottish TV industry over potential BBC Scotland studio takeover

Martin Bashir (right) and (left) Princess Diana speaks to the BBC correspondent during their interview. Picture: PA

BBC review finds 'no cover-up' in Martin Bashir appointment

Martin Bashir and BBC boss Tim Davie

Martin Bashir is 'working out a short notice period’, says BBC boss Tim Davie

Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) would surely be appalled that BBC4, where The Thick of It began, is to stop making programmes (Mike Hogan/BBC)

BBC4 is the BBC at its most BBC and it must be saved – Aidan Smith

A huge transformation is on the cards. Picture: PA

Long-running Scottish drama on the cards under BBC transformation plans

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries