Home Office lifts deportation order for man, 62, who has lived in UK for 50 years Department drops efforts to return Tony Hall to Barbados, a country he left at 12 and where he has no living relatives The Guardian - UK · Oct 21
A Deportation Order Has Left This Barbados-Born Painter Unable To Work for 14 Years Tony Hall, who arrived in Britain from Barbados in 1976, says a deportation order linked to his 2001 conviction has left him unable to work or secure housing. International Business Times UK · Oct 20
Barbados-born man, 62, faces deportation after 50 years in Britain over a past criminal conviction Tony Hall, a 62-year-old London resident, faces deportation despite living in the UK for 50 years. His immigration issues stem from a 2001 criminal conviction for conspiracy to rob and possession of a firearm. He has lived under a deportation threat for over 14 years, reporting biweekly to the Home… The Times of India · Oct 19
Tony Hall has lived in the UK for 50 years. Why is the Home Office trying to deport him? He arrived in the UK aged 12, but for the last 14 years Hall has been under threat of being sent back to Barbados – a country he doesn’t remember and where he has no surviving relatives The Guardian - UK · Oct 19
'Cycling is as expensive as you decide to make it' – we talked to readers about their start in cycling to find out if cycling really is too expensive these days How much is a lot or too much to spend when getting into road cycling? It turns out the answer to that question isn't as skewed as bike marketing might wish it was Cycling Weekly · Feb 17
How to create the most fragrant winter garden in a small space Even if you have a courtyard or patio garden, scent can fill the air. The Independent UK · Jan 26
The BBC tells the story of Britain in a way Netflix simply cannot. In the year to come, please remember that I love many shows on the streaming channels, but the BBC is our storyteller. It defines a nation and its culture – and we must defend it, says former BBC director general Tony Hall The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2025
Ex-BBC chief Tony Hall urges corporation not to pay money to Donald Trump US president vowed to sue BBC this week even after broadcaster apologised – but it did refuse his demand for compensation The Independent UK · Nov 17, 2025
BBC should not pay Trump any money, says former director general Tony Hall Not ‘appropriate’ to use licence fee payer’s money to pay US president after threat to sue for up to $5bn, says peer The Guardian - UK · Nov 16, 2025
Ex-BBC boss dismisses Trump lawsuit threat with four-word response A former BBC director general has said he does not think the BBC should pay any money to Donald Trump after the US president confirmed he would still sue the broadcaster for up to $5bn, despite the BBC apologising for its Panorama edit of the president’s January 6 speech. The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2025
Ex-BBC boss leads calls for end to political appointments to board Tony Hall urges government to bolster BBC’s independence as MPs and union seek Robbie Gibb’s removal from board The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2025
Tim Davie: From marketing manager to leaving BBC’s top job Tim Davie urged the BBC not to be ‘complacent’ The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2025
Tim Davie: From marketing manager to the BBC’s top job The director-general announced his resigned from the corporation on Sunday night. Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2025
Tim Davie: the marketing man who became the BBC’s director general The media boss navigated the corporation through years of crisis and controversy The Guardian - UK · Nov 9, 2025
Evening Standard · Nov 9, 2025 Junior doctor who joked about gassing 'the Jews' is let off with a warning An investigation panel found that Dr Martin Whyte’s comments were not ‘intentionally antisemitic’
Benzinga · Jul 15, 2025 Standard Chartered Enters Crypto Trading — First Big Bank To Offer Deliverable BTC, ETH To Institutions Standard Chartered PLC launched digital assets spot trading for institutional clients on Monday, marking a watershed moment as the first global systemically important bank to offer deliverable Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) trading services.
Guitar World · Jul 7, 2025 “The songs, the artwork, the image, Ozzy’s sinister, untrained monotone, Iommi’s monolithic riffs. This was the emerging sound of heavy metal”: The complete history of Black Sabbath – lineup by lineup, album by album As Black Sabbath took a triumphant bow at Back to the Beginning, we reexamine their recorded works, from the riff that started metal through the Dio years, to the return of Ozzy Osbourne and 13
The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2025 The truth must come out about BBC mistakes at Glastonbury. But here’s why Tim Davie must stay The director general’s position looks perilous, but I hope he is not forced out. The institution faces many threats – it needs him, says media expert and former BBC editor Roger Bolton
Metal Hammer · Jun 7, 2025 “We went on our lunch break and when we got back, Tony had come up with the Paranoid riff. It was literally 25 minutes of work. People went nuts about it!”: How Black Sabbath made Paranoid, the iconic album that rubber-stamped their greatness Black Sabbath’s debut album laid down the blue print for heavy metal but Paranoid kicked it
The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2025 Expert shares the top scented plants you need for your garden Kew Gardens’ Tony Hall reveals what scented plants can do for your garden…
Louder · Aug 13, 2024 “It might not be commercial, but it’s important that the art be preserved”: The attitude that built Decca’s offshoot Deram into one of the labels that pioneered prog Pye Hastings, Davy O’List and others recall the company that aimed for an audience of “groovy people” and backed The Moody Blues, Caravan, The Move, Camel, Procol Harum and others
Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2024 The BBC’s toxic culture: a list of the corporation’s worst scandals From Jimmy Savile to Huw Edwards, the broadcaster has been rocked by a number of scandals
The Independent UK · Sep 26, 2023 Who killed Jill Dando? The theories about what happened to BBC presenter 27 years after unsolved murder Jill Dando, one of the BBC’s most high profile presenters in the 1990s was killed outside her own home
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2023 Libby Hall obituary Other Lives: Photographer, writer and collector whose treasury of canine photographs was described as possibly the largest ever amassed by one person
Homes & Gardens · Jul 9, 2023 Best drought-tolerant flowering perennials – 12 beautiful blooms that need little water Drought-tolerant perennials are a wise option for any gardener living in a zone that's experiencing long periods without rain. And if the plants have beautiful blooms, even better