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Thompson's £600 night in Ocean's Eleven hotel

12.11.09
BBC director-general Mark Thompson claims £647.50 of public money on one night's stay at a five-star Las Vegas hotel featured in the George Clooney film Ocean's Eleven... more

Martina Hingis aims for no foot faults in Strictly Come Dancing

25.08.09
Former Wimbledon champion Martina Hingis reveals her desire to win BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing... more

Sporting Miscellanies

11.08.09
English football prepares to welcome its most influential thinker from the Italian Far Right since Paolo Di Canio... more

Is meritocracy such a great idea, anyway?

10.08.09
The chief advantage of meritocracy is that people selected that way are normally better at their jobs... more

We don’t need a collective mea culpa from the BBC

05.08.09
Alan Yentob is in defiant mood. After a torrid few weeks in which the BBC has come under attack for everything from sacking a 66-year-old woman to running up extravagant expense claims, Mr Yentob, one of the corporation's veteran executives, has clearly decided enough is enough.... more

'Betrayed' BBC sports editor Mihir Bose resigns over Manchester move

05.08.09
Senior BBC journalist resigns over plans to move him to Manchester... more

Facebook isn’t dividing us: it helps kids bond

04.08.09
Archbishop Nichols, head of the Catholic Church in England, is worried that social-networking sites are “dehumanising” community life... more

We must cut excessive pay in the public sector

04.08.09
If we want to know how public spending mounts up, we can get some insight from the pay of police and doctors... more

No BBC probe over Jay Hunt's media company involvement

03.08.09
Controller of BBC One will not be investigated for her involvement in running a media company which makes money teaching the corporation's own presenters, bosses said... more

BBC’s latest Cannes of worms: French villa used ‘for jollies’

03.08.09
BBC admits to routinely hiring a £20,000-a week villa in Cannes for entertaining media executives... more

Osbourne and Madeley snub Strictly Come Dancing

29.07.09
Strictly Come Dancing bosses were today desperately trying to sign up 11th- hour celebrity replacements.... more

Arlene’s Strictly history as Alesha Dixon and Darcey Bussell join the judges

09.07.09
Alesha Dixon and Darcey Bussell will replace Arlene Phillips on Strictly Come Dancing.... more

Hugh joins other chefs with a beef

12.06.09
Gordon Ramsay is not the only high-profile celebrity chef having a hard time of it. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, the old Etonian contemporary of David Cameron, is not exactly flush with cash.... more

BBC stars told to expect 40 per cent salary cuts

10.06.09
Dozens of BBC stars have been warned by the Corporation to expect large cuts in their salaries, it has been disclosed... more

Jonathan Ross's £3million pay cut

03.06.09
Jonathan Ross is facing pressure on his high salary after the BBC said Graham Norton’s chat show will move to a prime-time slot this autumn... more

Jonathan Ross pay cut £3m

03.06.09
Jonathan Ross could have his £6m wages halved as BBC bosses line up his rival Graham Norton as the corporation's new chat show star.... more

So where were we? Ross returns with an apology

22.01.09
Jonathan Ross apologised for the Andrew Sachs phone prank row as he returned to work after his three-month suspension... more

BBC chiefs must approve use of 'worst' swear words

26.11.08
BBC producers have been warned that swear words used across the corporation's output must be approved by the controller of each station or channel ... more

Sergeant waltzes away from strictly

19.11.08
Former political journalist John Sergeant shocked BBC bosses by leaving Strictly Come Dancing despite massive support from the public. The 64-year-old had many viewers behind him despite constand criticism from the judges.... more

Strictly star Sergeant to cash in on public's adoration

19.11.08
John Sergeant may have quit Strictly Come Dancing but he will be waltzing all the way to the bank... more

Television and Radio

08.10.08
London still exports hit formats all over the world and is a hothouse for the use of new technologies in tandem with traditional creative talents. ... more

New Dawn is no guarantee that Five’s problems can be solved

27.08.08
The arrival of Dawn Airey as chief executive at Channel Five cannot come soon enough. Airey's start date in October was revealed at the same time as it emerged that Five's profits in the first half of 2008 had been wiped out... more

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