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Ex-BBC boss says most staff seek to be impartial amid Gaza documentary row

Lord Birt was director-general of the BBC from 1992 to 2000.

Evening Standard

BBC director general Tim Davie doesn’t rule out reairing controversial Gaza documentary

The BBC previously said it had ‘no plans to broadcast the programme again in its current form or return it to iPlayer’

The Independent UK

BBC boss ‘not ruling out’ controversial Gaza documentary returning to iPlayer

The corporation removed the documentary from the BBC’s on demand service after it emerged that the child narrator is the son of a Hamas official.

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BBC heads to face MPs amid backlash to Hamas-linked documentary

It comes after the BBC apologised for ‘serious flaws’

The Independent UK

BBC bosses to be questioned by MPs amid Gaza documentary controversy

The session on Tuesday morning was already scheduled as part of the committee’s ongoing scrutiny into the work of the corporation.

Evening Standard

Ofcom warns it could intervene in BBC’s Gaza documentary investigation

The media regulator says it has ‘ongoing concerns about the nature and gravity’ of the failings related to Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone.

The Independent UK

Online Safety Bill: Legislation to tame the online ‘Wild West’ clears Parliament

UK will be the safest place in the world to be online with ‘game-changing’ new law, claim ministers

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Legislation to tame the online ‘Wild West’ clears Parliament

The Online Safety Bill completed its final stages in the House of Lords.

The Independent UK

BBC boss urges Government to consider ‘high stakes’ before funding decisions

The broadcaster’s licence fee faces an uncertain future.

The Independent UK

UK politics: fury from unions as pay rises for civil servants capped at 3% – as it happened

Public and Commercial Services Union says offer is in effect a pay cut because of rising inflation and prices

The Guardian - UK

Former BBC boss Lord Grade emerges as favourite for Ofcom chair – reports

The process to find a suitable candidate has faced a series of delays.

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