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Extinction Rebellion activists have called on the BBC to “tell the full truth” about the climate crisis as they protested outside its headquarters in central London. Camped outside the main entrance of New Broadcasting House on Friday morning, the protesters held a banner stating: “BBC, your silence is deadly”, and chanted”: “Whose BBC? Our BBC”, and: “BBC, can’t you see, this is an emergency”. Police officers stood between the dozens of demonstrators and the entrance. Several appeared to be glued to the ground near the doors. The group called on the BBC “to meet its crucial moral duty to tell the full truth on the climate and ecological emergency”. Over a tannoy, Extinction Rebellion activists broadcast a number of mock bulletins in the style of those that could be aired if the UK was flooded. “Make your food stocks last, ration your supply,” a man warned, before a siren rang out. “With immediate … [Read more...] about Extinction Rebellion protesters call on BBC to ‘tell climate truth’

The BBC's Rogue Traders team stole their own cars back from a 'secure' airport parking firm that leaves its customers' vehicles in a muddy field with their keys tossed in the boot. An investigation by the consumer rights series will air tonight and shows how price comparison websites claim that Park Direct Gatwick Ltd offers CCTV, security and a gated entrance with a security fence protect cars left with them. But the Watchdog Live show's host, Matt Allwright, revealed to Mirror Online ahead of tonight's broadcast that he 'couldn't believe' how easy it was to snatch their cars. He said: 'It's staggering that you can hand your keys to a stranger only to find it parked in a muddy field, the keys accessible and sometimes even damaged while you're on holiday. Pictured: A Rogue Trader crew member makes off with the car after leaving vehicles with the firm near Gatwick Airport Matt Allwright (pictured) says he couldn't believe how easy it was to steal back the vehicles  'We'd … [Read more...] about BBC Rogue Traders steal their own cars back from ‘secure’ airport parking firm that leaves customers’ cars in muddy field with keys tossed in boot

The BBC Breakfast presenter Naga Munchetty breached the broadcaster’s editorial guidelines after she criticised racist comments by Donald Trump about the backgrounds of four female politicians, the corporation has ruled. In July Trump tweeted that congresswomen Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley should “go back to the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”. All four are US citizens and only Omar was born overseas. The following day BBC Breakfast invited a Trump supporter on air to defend him, prompting Munchetty to discuss the US president’s use of loaded terms. “Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism,” the BBC journalist told viewers in July. “Now, I’m not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean.” Her co-host, Dan Walker, asked her how she felt when she heard the … [Read more...] about BBC’s Naga Munchetty reprimanded over Trump criticism

The BBC has apologised for an interview with the climate change denier Lord Lawson after admitting it had breached its own editorial guidelines for allowing him to claim that global temperatures have not risen in the past decade. BBC Radio 4’s flagship news programme Today ran the item in August in which Lawson, interviewed by presenter Justin Webb, made the claim. The last three years have in fact seen successive global heat records broken. The Today programme rejected initial complaints from listeners, arguing that Lawson’s stance was “reflected by the current US administration” and that offering space to “dissenting voices” was an important aspect of impartiality. However, some listeners escalated their complaint and, in a letter seen by the Guardian, the BBC’s executive complaints unit now accepts the interview breached its guidelines on accuracy and impartiality. The complaint centred on two statements by Lawson: that the UN’s … [Read more...] about BBC apologises over interview with climate denier Lord Lawson

The BBC Radio 4 presenter Sarah Montague has said she was “incandescent with rage” and “felt a sap” when she learned she was paid far less than her Today programme co-stars. Montague, who was a key member of the team for 17 years, said she was paid £133,000 and that it “was a very good wage for a job that I loved”. The BBC revealed in July last year that the Today programme host John Humphrys was earning £600,000 to £649,000. Nick Robinson is on £250,000 to £299,000, Mishal Husain is in the £200,000 to £249,000 pay bracket and Justin Webb earned between £150,000 and £199,999. After initially thinking she might feel good for “taking less of the licence fee than others”, Montague said she “felt a sap” for “subsidising other people’s lifestyles”. She also said she “hadn’t clocked just how professionally damaging it would feel” to know she was earning … [Read more...] about Sarah Montague ‘incandescent with rage’ over BBC pay gap