The Latest Breaking News from Kirsty Wark

Alan Cumming to interview Val McDermid as part of literature festival

ALAN Cumming will interview Scottish author Val McDermid as part of this year’s Winter Words Festival...

The National (Scotland) · Nov 19, 2024

BBC pulls Miriam Margoyles Dickens comment from radio: ‘It should have been challenged at the time’

The actor made the remark during a live recording of Radio 4’s Front Row

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2024

Martha Kearney steps down from presenting Radio 4’s Today programme

Tributes paid to BBC presenter who says she will enjoy lie-ins after six years of 3am starts

The Guardian - UK · Jul 18, 2024

Newsnight shortened to half an hour as BBC makes £500 million budget cuts

The long-running nightly current affairs show on BBC Two will continue to air on weeknights but more than half of jobs will go

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2023

Newsnight to be cut to 30-minute show as part of BBC’s £500m savings plan

The long-running nightly current affairs show on BBC Two will continue to air every weeknight.

The Independent UK · Nov 29, 2023

As Israel pounds Gaza, BBC journalists accuse broadcaster of bias

In the latest newsroom fallout over the war, BBC journalists say the corporation is failing to humanise Palestinians.

Al Jazeera · Nov 23, 2023

From flagship to flagging: cuts that place Newsnight in jeopardy

Faced with falling figures, Kirsty Wark’s departure and new ways we consume news, a show that once set the agenda is in deep trouble

The Guardian - UK · Nov 4, 2023

Kirsty Wark says she was bullied by another woman early in her career

Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark has revealed that she was bullied by a female colleague while working in Scotland.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2023

Who is Kirsty Wark? BBC Newsnight presenter steps down after 30 years

The presenter will continue working with the BBC on other shows

Evening Standard · Oct 20, 2023

Newsnight’s longest-serving presenter Kirsty Wark to step down after 30 years

Wark presented BBC’s flagship news programme for 30 years

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023