2+ week, 1+ day ago (441+ words) The BBC officially apologised to the US president for the "error of judgement" on Thursday, but added that "we strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim". Saturday 15 November 2025 01:02, UK Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for between $1bn and $5bn over the editing of his speech on Panorama. The US president confirmed he would be taking legal action against the broadcaster while on Air Force One overnight on Saturday. "We'll sue them. We'll sue them for anywhere between a billion (792m) and five billion dollars (3.79bn), probably sometime next week," he told reporters. "We have to do it, they've even admitted that they cheated. Not that they couldn't have not done that. They cheated. They changed the words coming out of my mouth." The Daily Telegraph reported earlier this month that an internal memo raised concerns about the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (545+ words) The BBC has been engulfed in a crisis, with both its director-general and head of news resigning after it emerged a speech by Donald Trump was edited misleadingly in a Panorama documentary that aired last year. Monday 10 November 2025 22:21, UK Donald Trump has threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn over edits the organisation made last year to one of his speeches. The organisation has been engulfed in a crisis, forced to apologise on Monday after two of its most senior figures, including the director-general, resigned on Sunday night. The defamation claim centres around a BBC Panorama documentary, which aired October 2024 and showed an edited speech made by Mr Trump before the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, in which he appeared to tell his supporters he was going to walk with them to the US Capitol and "fight like hell…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (1401+ words) Speaking to Mornings with Ridge and Frost, former prime minister and chancellor Gordon Brown said he is expecting a change in the two-child benefit cap. He says he wants the tax on gambling to rise to pay for more child poverty spending. Monday 10 November 2025 09:02, UK With the slew of erroneous releases from prisons in recent weeks, months and years, pollsters at YouGov have been asking the public who they hold accountable. And it will be welcome news for the government, as the prison service seem to be copping most of the blame. A total of 19% of the 6,436 people asked on Friday blame the politicians, while 58% blame the prison service. While both Reform and Tory voters are a bit more likely to blame the government than their Labour and Lib Dem peers, all four groups most blame the prison operators. "Sam…...

20+ hour, 24+ min ago (660+ words) Emma Lloyd, whose previous employers include Sky, is among the candidates being considered to replace Alex Mahon as chief executive of the state-owned broadcaster, Sky News learns. Saturday 29 November 2025 13:06, UK A senior executive at Netflix is among the contenders vying to become the next boss of Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky News has learnt that Emma Lloyd, the streaming giant's vice-president, partnerships, in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is one of a handful of media executives shortlisted to replace Alex Mahon as Channel 4's chief executive. Ms Lloyd, whose previous employers included Sky, the immediate parent company of Sky News, also served on the board of Ocado Group, from which stepped down this month after nine years as a non-executive director. She is understood to be a serious contender to take the helm at Channel 4, with other candidates understood…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (632+ words) Monday 10 November 2025 01:34, UK Amid serious concerns over the editorial mistakes made by the BBC, the downfall of its leaders has been greeted with undisguised glee by many on the right of British politics. Former prime minister Liz Truss was quick off the mark to retweet gloating posts from Donald Trump and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt with clapping emojis. Ms Truss argued not just for the abolition of the licence fee, but for the end of nationalised broadcasting altogether. Her former cabinet colleague Suella Braverman has also called for the licence fee to be scrapped. It's an idea long advocated by Nadine Dorries during her time as culture secretary. The recent Reform convert is particularly pessimistic about the BBC's future - telling me she believes its "core bias" has worsened in recent years. All three politicians were close allies of…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago (1326+ words) The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness come as the BBC is expected to apologise on Monday following concerns about impartiality, including how a speech by US President Donald Trump was edited in an episode of Panorama. Sunday 9 November 2025 22:07, UK Chiming in with other voices on the right, Nigel Huddleston, the shadow culture secretary, told Sky News that Tim Davie "had'to go because there were just too many examples of very specific bias". Huddleston named the review of the BBC charter as one possibility for the corporation to be reformed. "We'll be having discussions directly with the BBC as well, about what they can do to make sure that they can justify that licence fee," Huddleston said.' "They've got to look at everything, including who they recruit, the kind of backgrounds that people come from, the political beliefs held…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago (1775+ words) As Donald Trump repeats his threat to sue the BBC over an edit made to his speech before the January 6 riots, Sir Keir Starmer says he believes in a "strong and independent BBC" - but it must "get its house in order". Follow the latest. Wednesday 12 November 2025 14:50, UK The BBC's deputy head of news will address news staff in a meeting this afternoon. Jonathan Munro has taken charge of editorial newsmaking decisions after chief executive Deborah Turness stepped down. The meeting comes after an all-staff call yesterday, in which staff questioned the continued role of former Tory communications director Sir Robbie Gibb on the board. Outgoing director general Tim Davie also said there had been a "weaponisation" of criticism during the meeting. We've got a bit more to bring you now from the House of Commons, where the culture secretary has…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (812+ words) Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC, saying"some in the House" have suggested the corporation is institutionally biased, but that she disagrees as it is a "light on the hill for people here and across the world". Tuesday 11 November 2025 21:42, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC as a crisis initiated by an edit of a Donald Trump speech engulfs the corporation. The organisation apologised on Monday after two of its top figures, including director-general Tim Davie, resigned amid concerns about impartiality - notably the editing of a Panorama documentary from October 2024. It aired the week before the US presidential election and showed an edited speech made by Mr Trump before the 2021 Capitol riot, in which he appeared to tell supporters he was going to walk there with them to "fight like hell". Ms Nandy has defended the BBC, saying…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago (812+ words) Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC, saying"some in the House" have suggested the corporation is institutionally biased, but that she disagrees as it is a "light on the hill for people here and across the world". Tuesday 11 November 2025 21:42, UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has defended the BBC as a crisis initiated by an edit of a Donald Trump speech engulfs the corporation. The organisation apologised on Monday after two of its top figures, including director-general Tim Davie, resigned amid concerns about impartiality - notably the editing of a Panorama documentary from October 2024. It aired the week before the US presidential election and showed an edited speech made by Mr Trump before the 2021 Capitol riot, in which he appeared to tell supporters he was going to walk there with them to "fight like hell". Ms Nandy has defended the BBC, saying…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago (751+ words) Students have spent 16 days walking across the country, one day for each of the people who died when a train station canopy collapsed last year. Saturday 1 November 2025 01:20, UK Tens of thousands of people are expected to gather to mark the anniversary of a major disaster in Serbia, a year after a canopy collapsed outside a train station and killed 16 people. The incident in the northern town of Novi Sad sparked nationwide protests, led by students angry that the tragedy was the consequence of government corruption and cost-cutting. The protest movement, which has grown in size, initially wanted accountability for the tragedy but is now calling for new elections and democratic reform. It has rocked a country which has a long history of anti-government protests. Serbia's prime minister resigned in January along with other government ministers, but so far nobody has…...