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Commissioner says failure to explain why police did not pursue case against Matthew White ‘totally unacceptable’The Metropolitan police commissioner has apologised to the mother of Stephen Lawrence for not fulfilling a promise to explain why his force failed to properly handle evidence against one of the suspects in the teenager’s murder.A BBC investigation in 2023 identified Matthew White as the sixth suspect in the...

Simon King says he had just two minutes to run between studios, including up flight of stairsA BBC weather presenter who suffered shortness of breath during a live broadcast has reassured listeners he was merely suffering the effects of running up a flight of stairs on his way to the studio.Simon King said he had received messages from worried members of the public, but...

On 5 Live’s 30th birthday, Heidi Dawson says more of the BBC should be based outside London to reflect the national conversationMore of the BBC needs to be based outside London to reflect the “conversation of the nation” and secure its future, according to the controller of BBC Radio 5 Live.As the station celebrates its 30th birthday on Thursday, with a series of shows...

BBC host talks about cutting screen time and how some of the press are ‘obsessed with trying to do me’, in Guardian interview‘The levels of attack are extraordinary’: Gary Lineker on punditry, podcasts – and why he won’t stop speaking his mindGary Lineker has said he received threats after he retweeted then deleted a post by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural...