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The leaked memo raising concerns about BBC impartiality was an early Christmas present for those who believe the UK’s biggest public service broadcaster is biased and needs to be reformed and cut down to size.

A House bill would require school districts to hold an election before breaking into smaller entities.

Rippon, 79, said Ellie Leach would be a worthy winner in this weekend's Strictly final

The broadcaster, 79, made the claim while she collected the Outstanding Achievement Award during the TRIC Christmas Lunch on Tuesday

John Birt says appointment process for chairman ‘fatally flawed’ due to ‘cosiness’ of Boris Johnson loan

‘I don’t think his appointment should stand,’ says Lord Birt – as Lord Patten also criticises under-fire chair

Most people probably don’t know who the BBC’s chairman is, or even that the BBC has a chairman. Yet this normally obscure figure has recently hit the headlines. Richard Sharp, BBC chairman since February 2021, is a former banker and a major donor to the Conservative party.

The Netflix hit is now plunging into inflammatory territory. Will the famously outspoken new monarch really simmer in silence? Does he have to – now Prince Harry is on the streamer’s payroll?