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NPR announces that it will no longer use Twitter after the social media site labeled it and the BBC as "government-funded media". Shortly thereafter, Twitter CEO Elon Musk announces that the labelling of the BBC will be changed to "publicly-funded media".
2023-04-12

According to the "Daily Express" tabloid, a BBC correspondent says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “finally agreed” to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
2022-03-20

Following pressure from the international community, Ethiopia releases three reporters working for the BBC, AFP, and Financial Times, alongside two local news reporters and two translators, without charge. No reason was given for their arrest, and it is still unclear if four other journalists have been released.
2021-03-3

BBC reporter Girmay Gebru is detained by Ethiopian soldiers along with four other people in Mekelle, Tigray, and they are sent to a military camp for unknown reasons.
2021-03-1

British music journalism magazine "New Musical Express" (NME) issues its final print edition after 66 years, becoming a purely digital medium.
2018-03-9

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

The BBC uncovers files showing that Raymond Mawby, a Conservative Minister during the 1960s, passed information to Czechoslovak agents in exchange for money.
2012-06-28

Speaking on the BBC's "The Andrew Marr Show", British Prime Minister David Cameron says that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt "acted wisely" in his handling of the BSkyB takeover bid.
2012-06-3

The BBC airs a special edition of its "Crimewatch" programme aimed at identifying people involved in the 2011 England riots.
2011-08-18

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