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Journalist Laura Burns speaking to Fiona Mitchell and Cian McCormack on Behind the Story

Podcast: New insights on Prince Andrew's BBC interview

A journalist who worked on a BBC investigation that ultimately saw Prince Andrew interviewed on the Newsnight programme has said she would like to see "pressure kept on for answers".

Behind the Story • 14 Aug

BBC rolls out paid subscriptions for US users

The BBC is rolling out paid subscriptions in the United States, it said today, as the publicly-funded broadcaster explores new revenue streams amid negotiations with the British government over its funding.

Business • 26 Jun

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority began an investigation in 2022 into how sports broadcasters shared sensitive information about freelancers' pay

UK watchdog fines broadcast firms £4m in freelancer probe

Britain's competition regulator fined four sports broadcast and production companies about £4m in total today for sharing sensitive information about fees for freelance camera operators and sound technicians.

Business • 21 Mar

(L-R) Annita McVeigh, Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera launched an employment tribunal against the BBC

Four BBC news presenters settle discrimination case

The BBC has agreed a settlement with four of its female news presenters over employment tribunal claims including age and sex discrimination.

UK • 14 Mar

The corporation has been under financial pressure

BBC World Service to cut 130 jobs as it seeks to save £6m

BBC World Service is set to axe 130 jobs as it seeks to save around £6 million for the next financial year.

UK • 29 Jan

Currently the BBC is funded by the TV licence.

UK government to review the BBC's long-term funding

Britain plans to review long-term funding for the BBC, the national broadcaster, and find alternatives to the TV licence, as it seeks to secure its future given competition from streaming giants and as viewers watch less live television.

Business • 29 Nov 24

Graham Norton was paid the equivalent of €3.3m last year for his BBC chat show

Graham Norton enjoys 24% pay bump for TV chat show

Graham Norton enjoyed a bumper £537,665 (€644,786) increase in his TV pay last year to £2.77m (€3.32m), new accounts show.

Business • 25 Oct 24

Freely, a new streaming service backed by the BBC, ITV and other UK public broadcasters, will be available on Amazon Fire televisions

Amazon Fire TVs to carry Freely streaming platform

Freely, a new streaming service backed by the BBC, ITV and other British public broadcasters, will be available on Amazon Fire televisions following a "landmark deal" with the US technology giant, the companies said today.

Business • 07 Oct 24

Jermaine Jenas was sacked following an internal investigation at the BBC

Jermaine Jenas sacked as BBC presenter after complaints

Former footballer Jermaine Jenas has reportedly addressed being sacked from the BBC following complaints about workplace conduct, saying "there are two sides to every story".

UK • 22 Aug 24

Last month, former BBC presenter Huw Edwards admitted accessing indecent photographs of children

BBC asks Huw Edwards to return salary from time of arrest

The BBC has asked Huw Edwards to return the salary he earned from the time he was arrested in November last year, after Edwards admitted having indecent images of children.

World • 09 Aug 24

Huw Edwards, 62 resigned from his role in the BBC last April (File image)

Former BBC presenter charged with making indecent images

Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been charged with three counts of making indecent images of children, the Metropolitan Police have said.

BBC • 29 Jul 24

Huw Edwards was absent from screens from July 2023 until his resignation last April

Huw Edwards paid over £475,000 by BBC before resignation

Huw Edwards was paid more than £475,000 by the BBC last year before he resigned and left the corporation.

UK • 23 Jul 24

The case centres on a documentary that Vincent Kearney made in 2011

BBC raises alleged surveillance of journalist by police

The BBC in Northern Ireland has begun a legal process to establish whether a senior journalist was subjected to alleged police surveillance.

Ulster • 02 May 24

The UK government froze the fee for two years in January 2022

UK raises TV licence fee after two-year freeze

The UK's TV licence fee will rise by £10.50 (€12.20) to £169.50 (€197.60) a year after a two-year freeze, Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer has confirmed.

UK • 07 Dec 23

Guy Goma was interviewed live on air by mistake

Man wrongly interviewed on BBC to sue for lost earnings

A man who became an early internet sensation after the BBC interviewed him live on air by mistake says he is planning to sue the corporation over lost earnings from the clip.

UK • 28 Aug 23

George Alagiah (pictured in 2008) was the face of BBC One's News At Six since 2007

BBC newsreader George Alagiah dies aged 67

BBC newsreader George Alagiah has died at the age of 67, his agent has said.

UK • 24 Jul 23

A screen in BBC Broadcasting house showing presenter Huw Edwards last week

BBC boss: There was huge pressure to name Huw Edwards

The acting chairwoman of the BBC has told peers that there was "huge pressure" on the corporation to name Huw Edwards as the presenter caught up in a controversy.

BBC • 18 Jul 23

A screen in BBC Broadcasting house showing presenter Huw Edwards

BBC bosses face questions following Huw Edwards furore

BBC director-general Tim Davie will be questioned in the British Parliament about the corporation's leadership following the Huw Edwards furore, as the broadcaster's long-time colleague Jon Sopel said Mr Edwards was "very angry" about the coverage the story has been given.

UK • 13 Jul 23

Vicky Flind said that Huw Edwards (above) 'is suffering from serious mental health issues' (file image)

Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter at centre of claims

Vicky Flind, the wife of newsreader Huw Edwards, has named him as the BBC presenter at the centre of allegations over payments for sexually explicit images, in a statement issued on his behalf.

UK • 12 Jul 23

Jeremy Vine said the man at the cetre of the allegations should come forward

Vine calls for unnamed BBC presenter to come forward

Jeremy Vine and Piers Morgan are among the high-profile figures who have called for the unnamed presenter at the heart of the BBC scandal to come forward publicly for the good of his colleagues at the corporation.

UK • 12 Jul 23

According to the BBC, the presenter at the centre of the new allegations met the young person on a dating app

BBC faces fresh allegation against unnamed presenter

The BBC presenter facing allegations he paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos sent threatening messages to a young person in their early 20s, the broadcaster has reported.

UK • 11 Jul 23

Police are carrying out further inquiries to establish whether any crime has been committed after BBC representatives met with detectives

Allegations against presenter 'rubbish' - young person

The young person at the centre of the BBC controversy said nothing inappropriate or unlawful happened with the unnamed presenter and that the allegations are "rubbish", their lawyer said in a letter to the broadcaster.

UK • 10 Jul 23

The Sun newspaper said the unnamed presenter paid the person, said to have been 17 when the payments began, £35,000 in exchange for the images (pic: PA)

BBC suspends unnamed staff member over allegations

An unnamed male staff member has been suspended by the BBC following allegations that a presenter paid a teenager for sexually explicit images.

BBC • 09 Jul 23

Donna Traynor pictured outside the Office of the Industrial Tribunals, Killymeal House in Belfast

Former newsreader's case against BBC resolved

A discrimination case brought by former newsreader Donna Traynor against the BBC has been resolved.

Northern Ireland • 02 Jun 23

The former Newsline presenter resigned in November 2021 after nearly 33 years at the broadcaster

Ex-BBC presenter 'bullied' after raising grievance

Former BBC TV presenter Donna Traynor faced "bullying and harassment" after she raised a grievance about a plan to change her role at the corporation, an industrial tribunal has been told.

Ulster • 31 May 23