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Laura Kuenssberg hits back at Emily Maitlis over BBC 'infiltrated' by Number 10 claim

LAURA Kuenssberg has strongly rejected claims that the UK Government infiltrated the BBC while she was its political editor ...

The National (Scotland) · Nov 4

Switching channels: will the Edinburgh TV festival’s magic survive the move south?

After 50 years the annual shindig is heading to Manchester – but a new rival could keep the industry’s fringe link going

The Guardian - UK · Aug 29

Edinburgh TV Festival could leave Edinburgh

Organisers look at other UK venues amid concerns over costs and industry’s lack of working-class voices

The Guardian - UK · Nov 20, 2025

BBC chief denies Emily Maitlis’s ‘Tory agent’ claims

Chairman Richard Sharp tells MPs that former Newsnight presenter was ‘completely wrong’

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2022

Emily Maitlis’s former Newsnight editor praises ‘brilliant’ MacTaggart Lecture

The journalist, who left the BBC earlier this year, said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.

The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2022

Emily Maitlis to deliver MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at Edinburgh TV Festival

The broadcaster’s keynote speech later this month will explore the ‘threat to reporting the news and holding power to account across the globe’.

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2022