in the wake of the Hutton Report and reiterated his party's call for Ofcom to have a role in the BBC's affairs....Speaking at a public appearance in Kent, Howard told his audience that it had been a tumultuous week and that there were lessons to be learned from a week that saw the two most senior executives at the BBC lose their jobs. He paid tribute to Gavyn Davies and Greg Dyke and reiterated the Tory party ...
the publication of the Hutton Report this week. In the interview, he said he regretted his decision to respond ... was such that it required a quick, public reply," he said. Dyke refused to go into details about whether or not he ... is also the right thing for the BBC, for the public it serves and for their own integrity. But enough ...
His apology was made shortly after it was announced that director-general Greg Dyke had resigned, which was made public this lunch time. "On behalf of the BBC I have no hesitation in apologising unreservedly for our errors and to the individuals whose reputations were affected by them," Lord Ryder said ...
. Also in the UK, a McDonald's publicity stunt inviting customers to check out their kitchens to reassure ...
to draw a line under this whole affair while I am still here. We need closure. We need closure to protect ... but I believe the BBC really matters. Throughout this affair my sole aim as Director General of the BBC has been to defend our editorial independence and to act in the public interest. In four years ...
Dyke stood down as Prime Minister Tony Blair called on the public broadcaster to make a full ... : "Throughout this affair my sole aim as director-general of the BBC has been to defend our editorial independence and to act in the public interest." In a statement, the acting chairman Lord Ryder, on behalf ...
to the report in advance of publication to narrow down possible sources of the leak. Blair has said he expects ...
the approach public, were trying to force shareholders to put pressure on the board to support their bid ...
on the BBC, plunging the Britain's public service broadcaster into crisis....sufficient account of the extenuating circumstances created by the public attacks on the BBC during and after ... people and warned that the corporation's future might not be secure. "The public should not take its ...
, but as he says, nothing should detract from Dr Kelly's fine record of public service to this country. He ... in personnel terms; and I shall come to those. But these have not sustained the media, public ... Conference in Poland on 30 May; and PMQs when I returned. It led that week to the Foreign Affairs Committee ...
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