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Last night, the BBC was plunged into its highest-profile crisis yet when director-general Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness resigned.A Panorama documentary was found to have misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump – sparking fury from in Britain and the US.Mr Davie oversaw a slew of controversies at the licence fee-funded broadcaster – including multiple in 2025 alone, where it broadcast “death to the IDF” chants at Glastonbury and shared a Gaza “documentary” starring the son of a senior Hamas official.In his resignation letter, the disgraced director-general claimed the BBC “is of unique…

Graham Fraser ScotlandUniversity of DundeeProf Iris Grunwald demonstrates the technology which she says now shows that a specialist doesn’t need to be “in the same hospital, or even in the same country, to help you”Doctors from Scotland and the US have completed what is thought to be a world-first stroke procedure using a robot. News can reveal Prof Iris Grunwald, of the University of Dundee, performed the first remote thrombectomy – the removal of blood clots after a stroke – on a human cadaver that had been donated to medical science.The professor was at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, while the…

Michelle AdamsonNorth WestHistoric EnglandInvestigations are exploring the scale of the damage in the churchAn infestation of deathwatch beetles has led to an Elizabethan church being put on Historic England’s at-risk register.St Wilfrid’s Church, in Wigan, Greater Manchester, is among 138 sites added to the list this year after the insects damaged its decorative timber ceilings.Services are continuing at the Grade I-listed church in Standish despite the erection of scaffolding to investigate the scale of the problem, its rector Reverend Andrew Holliday said.He told Radio Manchester that beetle larvae “burrow into the wood and just chomp away at it, creating lots…

If the championship had not taken such a decisive turn, the person in the spotlight after Brazil would have been Verstappen. Even in the circumstances, the Dutchman shone brightest of all, with one of the performances of his career.A year ago at this race, Verstappen put himself on the brink of a fourth world title with a quite brilliant comeback drive from 17th on the grid to win.It was one of the all-time great drives, but it was in the wet, when these sorts of things are more possible.On Sunday, in a dry race, Verstappen finished third after starting from…

Residents with a street once hailed the “Best in Britain”, say they feel like they are living in a “forgotten world” that is “lost on the map” and now a shadow of its former self.The former mining village of Goldthorpe in South Yorkshire is now filled with empty shops and derelict homes and streets there have become besieged by rats and riddled with litter.Urban decay began there when the pits shut and some people here fear they have been left behind, with their area a far cry from the proud community it once was.GB News spoke to shoppers on Goldthorpe’s…

Tim Davie’s resignation has been branded a “great day for Britain and British broadcasting” as the former BBC Director-General announced his departure.Speaking to GB News, biographer Tom Bower accused Mr Davie of “poisoning the well” for decades, and now is the time for an “agenda of truth”.FULL STORY HERE.

Getty ImagesThe company behind the advert says what looks like “luxury or oddity” is actually “intentional investment in early education””A family based in north London seeks an extraordinary and experienced tutor to support their youngest child on his first steps to becoming an English gentleman.”When reading this advert, you would be forgiven for skimming over the words “first-steps”, as a turn of phrase. But, it could be the most significant part of this unique job advert, as it seeks to find a tutor for a one-year-old.Hundreds of applications have now been submitted since the anonymous family published their request for…

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A former BBC star has declared that the broadcaster’s plans to “apologise” to US President Donald Trump are “not enough”.Speaking to GB News, broadcaster Danny Kelly hit out at the decision by BBC Chairman Samir Shah, stating that people “want blood” for the decision to doctor footage of Mr Trump’s speech.The broadcaster’s Director-General Tim Davie announced his departure from the BBC on Sunday, admitting “some mistakes were made” in light of the string of “bias” allegations.Penning a lengthy exit statement, Mr Davie said: “Overall, the BBC is delivering well, but there have been some mistakes made and as Director-General I…

Alison Holt,Social affairs editor and James Melley,senior producerFamily handoutAlice Figueiredo’s family hoped lessons would be learned following their 22-year-old daughter’s deathWarning: This article contains upsetting details and references to serious self-harm and deathJust four months after a young woman died in a London mental health unit, another patient tried to harm herself in startlingly similar circumstances, leaked documents seen by the show.Alice Figueiredo, a patient at Goodmayes Hospital, which is run by North East London Mental Health Trust (NELFT), attempted to harm herself using plastic or bin bags on 18 occasions, mostly taking them from the same shared toilet. On…