The Latest Breaking News from Philippa Childs

BBC Reveals 550 News Jobs and 700 Corporate Roles Will Be Axed as It Targets £500 Million in Savings

The BBC will cut 1,250 jobs, including 550 news roles, as part of a cost-saving plan aimed at delivering £500 million in annual savings.

International Business Times UK · Jun 18

BBC to axe Radio 4’s The World Tonight in first round of sweeping job cuts

The World Tonight, which is a 45-minute weekday news programme, will be axed after almost 70 years.

Evening Standard · Jun 17

BBC axes hundreds of news and TV jobs in £500m savings drive

BBC director-general Matt Brittin has announced that 550 of the planned 1,800 to 2,000 job cuts at the corporation will be taken from BBC News and TV and radio-related roles.

The Independent UK · Jun 17

BBC deciding what to do with new series of MasterChef fronted by Gregg Wallace

Latest episodes were filmed before Wallace was sacked and more co-workers made allegations against him

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

TV freelancers fearful of speaking up, union leader says after firing of Gregg Wallace

Bectu chief says junior staff in industry feel vulnerable and she is not surprised by further claims about Wallace

The Guardian - UK · Jul 9, 2025

Trump threatens tariffs on foreign films: Who could be hit?

Popular US films from Wicked to Nosferatu were filmed in other countries including Australia and the UK.

Al Jazeera · May 6, 2025

BBC still has figures who can make life unbearable for colleagues, says chair

Samir Shah warns of abuse of power as overhaul of workplace culture announced after high-profile cases

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2025

Gino D’Acampo re-run shows pulled from ITV schedule after allegations

D’Acampo has ‘firmly denied’ the allegations in a statement to the broadcaster, saying they were ‘simply not in my nature’.

Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2025

Staff working in ‘brutal’ conditions at some of UK’s biggest festivals, union says

Some staff work 18-hour days, some sleep on floor and some have no access to drinking water, finds research

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

‘We’ve had to stop people fighting and urinating in their seats’: the ugly new side of theatre audiences

On Good Friday, police were called to a performance of The Bodyguard – and there have been numerous other examples of audiences behaving badly. With crowds heckling, screaming, livestreaming and even copulating during shows, what can be done?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10, 2023