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BBC defends news channel’s coverage of Huw Edwards allegations after complaints

It said it was important for BBC News to keep it’s audience ‘updated with developments’.

The Independent UK

Will ‘close pals’ rally around Dan Wootton as he faces down catfishing allegations? He’d want that, surely

The GB News presenter has always offered a very tabloid form of support to celebrities in difficulty. They can’t desert him now, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

BBC sets out scope of review into handling complaints after presenter furore

The corporation came under fire for its handling of initial complaints against the presenter, now known to be Huw Edwards.

The Independent UK

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Will London audiences welcome Michael Jackson musical after abuse allegations?

A new show which draws a veil over Jackson’s difficult history has just finalised its cast

Evening Standard

BBC may need to consider alternative funding options in future, minister says

Culture minister Sir John Whittingdale suggested the decline in licence fee payers could mean the BBC needs to consider other funding options.

The Independent UK

Huw Edwards and the question of ‘public interest’

Many important things happened last week, said John Simpson in The i Paper. The US sent a consignment of cluster bombs to Ukraine. The Nato summit was held in Vilnius. We learnt that Boris Johnson had failed to hand over his WhatsApp messages to the Covid Inquiry because, he claimed,…

The Week

Huw Edwards faces months off air as BBC investigation could last to autumn

Director general says corporation will take time with fact-finding mission

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BBC chief says corporation tried to create 'calm' in wake of Huw Edwards storm

A BBC leader has said the broadcaster attempted to act with “calm and rationality” in the wake of serious allegations about one of its top…

The National (Scotland)

BBC’s Tim Davie: We should all be concerned about abuse given ‘history of this industry’

Director-General tells Lords committee the corporation has been in touch with the complainant who alleged Huw Edwards paid a young person for explicit images

Evening Standard

BBC boss tells peers: There was huge pressure on us to name Huw Edwards

She said the corporation’s board met twice to discuss the controversy.

The Independent UK

BBC’s Huw Edwards investigation could take months, says director-general Tim Davie

Corporation is ‘keen to receive any information’ on subject

The Independent UK

Watch live: BBC’s Tim Davie grilled in parliament over Huw Edwards scandal

Watch live as Tim Davie is grilled in Parliament over the BBC presenter scandal involving Huw Edwards.

The Independent UK

TechScape: ‘Lives are ruined in an afternoon’ – social media and the Huw Edwards story

Content moderation and algorithmic safeguards are meant to help protect the privacy of people in legally contentious cases. So what went wrong?

The Guardian - UK

Peers to grill BBC bosses about governance following Huw Edwards furore

Director-general Tim Davie and acting chairwoman Dame Elan Closs Stephens will be among those quizzed by a House of Lords committee.

The Independent UK

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Huw Edwards – latest: BBC bosses warn staff against ‘damaging’ gossip about suspended presenter

Former BBC journalist describes corporations coverage of story as ‘distasteful’

The Independent UK

Tony Blair says BBC should ‘stand up for itself’ as staff warned against ‘damaging’ Huw Edwards gossip

Polling suggests majority of public want presenter to return if cleared of wrongdoing, as union boss Mick Lynch labels British press ‘a disgrace’

The Guardian - UK

BBC should stand up for itself more, says Tony Blair

Former PM said response to Huw Edwards allegations did not mean broadcaster was ‘now a bad institution’

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Vine agrees deal with Twitter user who falsely named him as accused BBC star

Radio 2 presenter says he has received apology and man has also agreed to make donation to charity

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The Independent UK

Jeremy Vine agrees deal with Twitter user who wrongly named him in presenter row

The broadcaster requested the social media user pay charity MND Association instead of paying him damages.

The Independent UK

Jeremy Vine forces Twitter user to pay out after claiming he was at centre of BBC scandal

Man apologised for ‘entirely baseless’ claims

Evening Standard

BBC should ‘stand up for itself more,’ Tony Blair says amid Huw Edwards furore

The BBC should “stand up for itself more” amid the furore following allegations made against Huw Edwards, Sir Tony Blair has suggested as the corporation’s leadership faces questions in Parliament about the story.

The Guardian - UK

Let’s be clear about why the Tories are so keen to exploit the travails of the BBC

A significant faction of the right and their press allies want to emasculate or even obliterate the national broadcaster

The Independent UK

BBC should ‘stand up for itself more,’ Blair says amid Huw Edwards furore

The former prime minister expressed his support for the ‘important British institution’ in an interview with Sky’s Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme.

The Independent UK

Huw Edwards – latest: BBC bosses warn staff against ‘damaging’ gossip about suspended presenter

Former BBC journalist describes corporations coverage of story as ‘distasteful’

The Guardian - UK

The Sun’s splash, Huw Edwards and the drama that gripped Britain and shook the BBC

In one week, the allegations and responses to them have plunged the national broadcaster into yet another crisis – and raised serious questions about the Murdoch tabloid

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