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The Beeb has come under heavy fire following this year’s choice - Mae Muller - coming in second from last place in the Liverpool final last week, as the contest was hosted in the UK for the first time in 25 years

There will be exhausted but happy BBC executives this week delighted at how deftly they handled its coverage of Eurovision and the Coronation. Both events showed BBC creativity at its peak. There is, however, an arm of the broadcaster which is far less celebrated: the World Service. It has often…

They were discussing Great British Bake Off

The comedian and TV host was on the ITV daytime programme to chat about his new Channel 4 show, Tempting Fortune when things turned to chaos

For years, the toxic right have pulled the national debate in their own direction. The mass BBC rebellion showed how we can pull it back, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

When indecent populists are challenged by people who are both decent and popular, they realise they’re in danger, says Guardian columnist Hannah Jane Parkinson

In today’s Football Daily email: A badly-timed announcement, Ken Sema speaks out and Antonio Conte comes out swinging

Gary Lineker has had quite the week. Let’s deal first with the claims that the much-loved commentator should be sacked because, as his critics say, he has broken BBC impartiality rules and angered licence-fee payers because he expressed his views on political matters. Arguments in his defence are clear to…

‘I love that it gets people talking about something like that’ David Jonsson tells us