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Dame Elan Closs Stephens named acting BBC chair after Richard Sharp saga

Dame Elan was appointed by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to replace Richard Sharp, who stepped down after an investigation found he had breached rules around public appointments

Daily Mirror

UK Government appoints new acting chair of BBC after Tory donor forced out

THE UK Government has named the new acting chair of the BBC after Tory donor Richard Sharp was forced to step down ...

The National (Scotland)

Read ITV’s letter on Phillip Schofield review in full: ‘We feel badly let down’

Dame Carolyn McCall has written to the Culture Secretary and Ofcom about the presenter’s departure from This Morning

The Independent UK

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ITV bosses ask barrister to hold external review into Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning

The letter was sent to culture secretary Lucy Frazer, DCMS Committee chair Dame Caroline Dinenage and Ofcom’s chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes, in the wake the disgraced presenter's sudden exit from ITV.

Daily Record

ITV launches Phillip Schofield review – letter in full

Dame Carolyn McCall has written to the Culture Secretary and Ofcom about the presenter’s departure from This Morning.

The Independent UK

UK government calls on FIFA to settle Women's World Cup broadcasting row

FIFA president Gianni Infantino labelled the current broadcasting offers for the World Cup as "disappointing" earlier this month ahead of the tournament in Australia and New Zealand

Daily Mirror

Dame Elan Closs Stephens tipped to become next BBC chair

An acting chair has to come from the existing board after Richard Sharp stands down next month

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Culture Secretary vows to nurture media landscape for ‘fearless truth-telling’

Lucy Frazer said the Government would ensure the UK could ‘retain our status as a creative industries superpower for decades to come’.

The Independent UK

UK in ‘golden age’ of cinema and cannot afford complacency, Lucy Frazer to say

The Culture Secretary is expected to share her ambition for a £50 billion boost to the creative industries, with a million extra jobs by 2030.

The Independent UK

Ann Widdecombe: don’t have cheese sandwiches if you can’t afford them

Ex-Brexit party MEP says there is no ‘given right’ to low food prices despite families struggling with cost of living

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - I grew up in a house without books — it was the BBC that educated me

One has a right to judge of a man,” wrote Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray, “by the effect he has over his friends.” One also has the right to judge an institution by the effect it has over its enemies. The BBC’s enemies include a clutch of…

Evening Standard

Met Police bosses face grilling over 'worrying' Coronation protest clampdown

The head of the London Assembly's Police and Crime Committee said there are serious questions to answer after protesters were arrested, along with volunteers handing out rape alarms

Daily Mirror

Culture Secretary says she's 'in charge of BBC' and looking 'closely' at licence fee

THE Culture Secretary has said she is “in charge of the BBC”, as she dismissed calls to remove political interference from appointment next…

The National (Scotland)

Police got balance right in handling coronation protesters, minister insists

The Metropolitan Police faced criticism after making 52 arrests throughout the King’s coronation day.

The Independent UK

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Manchester Evening News

Culture Secretary blames Tory local election losses on pandemic and Putin's invasion of Ukraine

'We’ve just had a pandemic which has disrupted many people’s lives'

Daily Mirror

Desperate Tories blame Vladimir Putin for Rishi Sunak's local elections walloping

Cabinet minister Lucy Frazer claimed the PM is "starting to gain the trust of the British public" despite losing more than 1,000 council seats across England in Thursday's local elections

Daily Mirror

Tory chairman mocked as party collapses in places he visited on campaign trail

Analysis of results in last week's local elections reveal the Lib Dems gained 208 council seats in the Blue Wall areas where Greg Hands visited - prompting sarcastic claims he has the 'Midas touch'

Evening Standard

We need to reflect and do more after local election losses, admits Culture Secretary

The Culture Secretary has admitted the Government needs to reflect and do more after suffering huge losses in the local elections.

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The Independent UK

Head of anti-monarchy protesters says arrests ‘direct attack on our democracy’

Dozens of people were arrested by the Metropolitan Police on coronation day for conspiracy to cause a public nuisance, affray and other offences.

Wales Online

Government looking 'very closely' at scrapping BBC licence fee

Lucy Frazer said a review into the corporation’s funding arrangements is looking at “a variety of sources for its funding”

Reuters

Anti-monarchists criticise 'heavy-handed' arrests at King Charles' coronation

Anti-monarchists on Sunday criticised the policing of the coronation of King Charles as heavy-handed, saying there was no longer a right to peaceful protest in Britain after dozens of protesters were arrested and detained into the night.

The Independent UK

Culture Secretary ‘looking very closely’ at BBC licence fee

Lucy Frazer also dismissed calls to remove political interference from the appointment of the corporation’s chair.

Daily Mirror

Tories threaten to put ANOTHER crony in charge of BBC as they ignore Gary Lineker's plea

The Match Of The Day host has warned that ministers should not get to pick the BBC Chairman, but Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer insisted Rishi Sunak will make the appointment

The Guardian - UK

Anti-coronation protest leader hits out at police over arrests

Graham Smith said Met officers should hang their heads in shame after 52 detained in central London

The Independent UK

Senior Tory blames heavy election losses on Ukraine war and Covid

Lucy Frazer insists Rishi Sunak is delivering for the British public ‘in a quiet way’

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