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'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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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Tim Davie: From marketing manager to leaving BBC’s top job

Tim Davie urged the BBC not to be ‘complacent’

The Independent UK

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

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

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’

Evening Standard

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.

Benzinga

“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

Guitar World

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

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Metal Hammer

“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

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

“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

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

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The Independent UK

Who killed Jill Dando? The theories about what happened to BBC presenter 24 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

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

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

Homes & Gardens

Drought-tolerant ground cover plants – 12 low-growing options for dry spells

Drought-tolerant ground cover plants are unsung heroes of an arid summer garden, adding color, texture and continuity to any space

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak ‘should say something interesting’ about BBC chair rules – Lord Hall

Lord Tony Hall, who was director-general, also said the Prime Minister ‘ought to’ give up the power to choose who should take on the role.

The Guardian - UK

Of course the BBC needs to change – but Britain must decide what kind of broadcaster it really wants

Debates over funding and leadership are vital, but let’s first decide what the corporation is for and what we want it to do, says former BBC director general Tony Hall

The Guardian - UK

Local journalism made me what I am today. Without it, we’ll all be the poorer

For budding journalists and local citizens alike, the demise of local newspapers will leave a void that’s impossible to fill, says the journalist John Humphrys

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