Culture secretary confirms fee will remain at £159 until 2024, but softens stance on its permanent abolitionThe culture secretary, Nadine Dorries, has confirmed that the BBC’s funding will be frozen for the next two years – but has softened her stance …
Sienna Miller says Sun forced her to make decisions about pregnancy
Actor, who believes reporter illegally obtained medical records, speaks after accepting settlementSienna Miller has said the Sun forced her to make decisions “about my own body that I have to live with every single day” after the newspaper found out sh…
Warnings distinctly British children’s TV could vanish if subsidy ends
Government weighing whether to continue fund that covers costs of kids’ shows for public service broadcastersBritish children could miss out on the next Peppa Pig or Bob the Builder if the government decides to stop subsidising television shows for you…
BBC payout for designer ‘scapegoated’ over Bashir’s Diana interview
Matt Wiessler receives substantial compensation after he was made ‘fall guy’ following Panorama scandalA graphic designer has received a substantial financial settlement from the BBC after he was made the “fall guy” for Martin Bashir’s decision to use …
Steve Coogan to play Jimmy Savile in ‘sensitive’ BBC drama
Alan Partridge star will take on ‘complex’ character of notorious paedophile in The ReckoningSteve Coogan will play Jimmy Savile in a forthcoming BBC drama series about how the high-profile presenter spent decades living a double life as one of the cou…
Spice Girl among stars to begin phone-hacking claims against Murdoch empire
Melanie Chisholm, Boyzone’s Shane Lynch and S Club 7’s Hannah Spearritt latest to allege voicemail interceptionA group of 1990s pop stars are among the latest individuals to launch phone-hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, as the scand…
Britons getting less tolerant of racist language on TV, Ofcom finds
Attitudes towards transphobia also hardening, but viewers more tolerant of swearing if justifiedBritons are increasingly concerned by the use of racist and transphobic language on television but much more tolerant of swearing, according to the media re…
Paul Dacre ‘should be banned from reapplying’ as Ofcom chair, says Tory MP
Ministers restarted interview process for Ofcom job after former editor considered ‘unappointable’ Paul Dacre should be banned from reapplying to be chair of media regulator Ofcom because he failed the interview process on the first attempt, according …
Andrew Neil resigns as lead presenter and chairman of GB News
Ex-BBC host was unhappy with technical mistakes, loss of key staff and the channel’s political directionAndrew Neil has resigned as lead presenter and chairman of GB News following differences in the direction of the rightwing channel.The ex-BBC host w…
BBC inquiry dismisses Rupert Murdoch complaints about documentary series
Complaints unit backs makers of Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, except over section on Tory ‘sleaze’ storiesRupert Murdoch has largely lost a year-long dispute with the BBC after he objected to a documentary series that “implied he posed a threat to liber…