Sources: BBC
EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis becomes the first deaf person to win the BBC show after she and her professional partner Giovanni Pernice beat the show's first male same-sex couple containing TV chef John Whaite and his professional partner Johannes Radebe in the final. 2021-12-18
Twitter says it will label state media, official government accounts and their staff. State-funded media outlets with "editorial independence", such as the National Public Radio in the U.S., or BBC in the UK, will not be among those labelled, according to a spokesman for the social media site. 2020-08-6
The Hershey Company announces it will cut about 15 percent of its global workforce (~2,700 jobs) to return its international businesses to profitability as quickly as possible. The layoffs will have a greater impact on the international workforce. 2017-02-28
The Pollard report into practices at the BBC is published, and finds there was a “complete inability” to deal with the Jimmy Savile crisis. 2012-12-19
Helen Boaden, the BBC's Director of News, and her deputy Steve Mitchell relinquish their roles in the wake of the "Newsnight" scandal. 2012-11-12
BBC executive Craig Oliver is chosen to replace Andy Coulson as British Prime Minister David Cameron's Director of Communications. 2011-02-2
Mohamed ElBaradei, is held among the protesters, while journalists are beaten and arrested, including one BBC journalist and four French reporters. 2011-01-28
The BBC issues an apology after receiving dozens of complaints over the content of its Radio 4 play "Six Impossible Things", which featured the antics of a gunman. 2010-06-4
A Western Saharan human rights campaigner alleges abuse by Moroccan police after being interviewed by the BBC for their "Tropic of Cancer" programme. 2010-03-20
Several British Muslim writers speak out about "Prime Suspect" writer Lynda La Plante's complaint against the BBC regarding how much more difficult it is to have her scripts commissioned than it would be for a "little Muslim boy". 2010-01-3