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The BNP do not deserve a place in this debate

14.10.09
Tell me it is a bad joke, please. The BBC, bastion of ethical values, has invited into its bed the British National Party, an avowedly racist organisation with a fascist pedigree... more

Humphrys can’t save Innocent

24.09.09
BBC presenter John Humphrys has failed to halt a housing scheme that threatens to drive a recording studio and the Innocent smoothies factory out of west London... more

Mastermind? It’s just money for old rope, says John Humphrys

18.09.09
John Humphrys reignites row over bumper BBC salaries by admitting that his job as Mastermind presenter is 'money for old rope'... more

Olympic spending must be reined in

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In any enterprise like the 2012 Olympics, where public money is being spent on a project without immediate precedent, it is vital to safeguard the taxpayer's interests... more

Why Radio 4 soars as TV hits rock bottom

07.08.09
Figures from Radio Joint Audience Research reveal that Radio 3 has broken the two million listener mark and that Radio 4 is reaching more than 10 million people a week ... more

TV’s attack dogs are worth their weight in gold

14.05.09
Labour peer George Foulkes can be a canny political operator but his attempt to divert attention from the snouts-in-the-trough scandal currently engulfing Parliament won't work... more

Calm down: not all our bankers should suffer for the sins of the few

10.02.09
Today and tomorrow a Commons committee will be running what has been trailed as the credit-crunch Nuremberg. Public sympathy for the bankers in the dock will be near zero. London is sneering, gloating, angry and vengeful over their fate. When a hapless minister said on radio she hoped bankers would feel a "moral" pressure not to take bonuses this year, John Humphrys cried with characteristic BBC impartiality, "Morals? I should think hell would freeze over first." ... more

Snowball duel at 10 paces, Pushkin-style

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Staff anger over BBC’s refusal to broadcast Gaza appeal

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BBC bosses faced outrage today from their staff and stars over their refusal to screen an aid appeal for Gaza... more

Attack dog Humphrys hounds his BBC boss

31.10.08
BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons is on the rack over the corporation's failings in the Jonathan Ross obscene phone calls row... more

Difficult questions ... Sir Michael walks into an ambush

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Bankers take note: saying sorry can pay dividends

20.10.08
Why is it so difficult for bankers to say sorry? On the Today programme on Friday even John Humphrys lamented the fact that no one in the City can admit fault and utter the "s" word. ... more

Television and Radio

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News at Ten star blasts TV 'pretty faces'

15.09.08
News at Ten presenter Mark Austin has joined the debate over whether newsreaders should have experienced journalistic backgrounds or be nothing more than "autocue lovelies"... more

I launched Childline to protect the most vulnerable - but unleashed a politically correct monster

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Even the BBC Trust thinks its big name TV and radio news presenters are paid too much

30.05.08
The salaries of the BBC's big-name TV and radio news presenters have come under fire from the corporation's governing body. ... more

There's no need to bend the facts on buses, Boris

06.03.08
Johnson's pledge to replace bendies with a new generation of Routemasters should be an open goal against the Mayor. But he needs to get his sums right... more

There's no need to bend the facts on buses, Boris

06.03.08
Johnson's pledge to replace bendies with a new generation of Routemasters should be an open goal against the Mayor. But he needs to get his sums right... more

Lily Allen and the glimpse of something stocking

12.02.08
How do you gracefully exit a car and make sure your little dress doesn't reveal too much? Lily Allen gave onlookers more than they bargained for while leaving her black Mini Cooper in London yesterday when her above-the-knees red number rolled up to show a pair of black stockings underneath... more

Debut for bookfest

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Experts from the world of literature will be in attendance for the first running of the Wimbledon Bookfest from 8 October.... more

Chris Evans wins top radio award

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Chris Evans and the late John Peel were among the big winners at the 25th anniversary Sony Radio Academy Awards.... more

Sony Radio Academy Awards winners

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Stars battle it out for radio awards

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The Sony Radio Academy Awards nominations

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