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For Clara Amfo, success is nothing without honesty, integrity – and a pinch of impostor syndrome. Here, the broadcaster talks about race, relationships and becoming a Barbie dollClara Amfo makes me want to join in with life. When she talks about the new series of Drag Race UK, I itch to go and watch it. When she’s dancing on Strictly, I want to tune...

Australian study finds a ‘coordinated effort by CCP’s propaganda apparatus’ to distract from critical BBC reports and redirect narrativeChina’s Communist party orchestrated an international campaign to undermine the BBC and discredit its reporting during the first two months of the year, using western social media networks, an Australian thinktank has found.Attacks intensified in response to high-profile BBC reports, including an investigation into systemic rape...

Broadcasting service issues apology and correction for ‘deliberate hoax’ after 26 February interview aired on radio The BBC has issued a correction and apology on its website for airing an interview with a man who claimed to be the US senator Cory Booker but was actually someone impersonating the Democratic politician from New Jersey.The UK’s public broadcasting service said that the interview appeared “to...

The BBC Radio 2 DJ says ‘it couldn’t be crueller’ after her sister, Frances, has finally been offered a Covid vaccine, but it may have come too late.Whiley said it had been the worst week of her family’s lives and 24 hours ago medical staff were discussing palliative care for her sister, although on Saturday she rallied round and her oxygen levels were beginning...

China has been critical of BBC reports on Xinjiang, while Ofcom recently revoked CGTN licenceBBC World News has been banned from airing in China, a week after Beijing threatened to retaliate for the recent revocation of the British broadcasting licence for China’s state-owned CGTN.In a statement published at midnight Beijing time on Friday, China’s National Radio and Television Administration said BBC World News’s coverage...

Medic at heart of original outbreak tells BBC documentary staff were not allowed to wear masks despite concern about human transmissionCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA doctor from the Wuhan hospital hit hardest by the Covid-19 epidemic has said he and colleagues suspected the virus was highly transmissible in early January last year, weeks before Chinese authorities admitted it, but were prevented...

A new BBC interview with producer Tony Visconti retells the awkward encounter that led to the creation of David Bowie and John Lennon’s US No 1 FameDavid Bowie and John Lennon first met in scenes more reminiscent of an awkward children’s playdate than a summit of two of rock’s greatest ever stars, according to a new interview with music producer Tony Visconti.Speaking on the...

A biologist and composer have turned the aurora borealis into sound to create a magic melding of art and natureThere’s a hypnotic crackle before a whoosh of sound flies from ear to ear. It’s followed by a heavenly chorus that might be whales whistling, frogs calling or the chirping of an alien bird. It sounds celestial because that’s what it is. The noise is...

Parents in Canberra were unaware daughter had allegedly paid substantial sum to purported hitmanA tip-off from a British journalist working for the BBC led to the arrest of an Australian woman who allegedly used the dark web to hire a contract killer to murder her parents, police say.The 26-year-old Canberra woman is accused of agreeing to pay $20,000 to kill her parents, who are...

Royal hails appointment of ex-judge to look into Martin Bashir’s tactics as ‘step in right direction’Prince William has welcomed the BBC’s decision to appoint a former supreme court judge to investigate how Martin Bashir obtained an interview with Princess Diana in 1995.Lord Dyson has been asked to investigate whether the BBC swept Bashir’s use of fake bank documents under the carpet when its original...

Matt Wiessler says agreeing to mock-up a bank statement for Martin Bashir ended his career with broadcasterThe graphic designer who said he mocked-up fake bank statements at the request of Martin Bashir in order to obtain an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, has claimed that his career in the media was derailed when top BBC managers secretly banned him from working for the...

Diana’s brother Earl Spencer claims journalist produced fake documents to win trust of familyThe BBC has pledged to hold a full independent investigation into how Martin Bashir obtained his career-defining interview with Princess Diana in 1995, following fresh claims that he produced fake documents and used other deceitful tactics to win the trust of her family.Tim Davie, the corporation’s director general, confirmed that the...

Diana’s revelations to Panorama 25 years ago rocked the royal family. Now the BBC is being accused of setting her upConfidence is crucial. It has to be established to entice a big name to give a candid TV interview. It is also, of course, the basis of many a scam. Pulling off a confidence trick commonly involves first offering your “mark”, or target, something...

Story of BBC journalist Martin Bashir’s dealings with Princess of Wales is of searing public interestIt was just six days before transmission that Buckingham Palace learned that the BBC’s Panorama programme was to broadcast Martin Bashir’s compelling, explosive – and now highly controversial – interview with Diana, Princess of Wales.In the palace press office, there was dismay and resignation. “Then everybody looked at each...

Charles Spencer says BBC used ‘sheer dishonesty’ to secure interview with princessPrincess Diana’s brother has accused the BBC of a “whitewash” over faked bank statements that allegedly helped to secure a historic Panorama interview with his sister, and called on the corporation to carry out a formal inquiry.Charles Spencer said the BBC had used “sheer dishonesty” to win the trust of Diana, Princess of...

John Bolton, a former national security adviser to the Trump administration, gets into heated exchanges with BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis over why he did not appear at Donald Trump's impeachment trial. He repeatedly tells Maitlis to 'let him finish', and blames House Democrats for empowering Trump when they failed to convict him during the impeachment trial. Maitlis also pressed Bolton on why he worked...

Move follows criticism that its promotional films reinforced ‘white saviour’ stereotypes Comic Relief will stop sending celebrities such as Ed Sheeran or Stacy Dooley to make promotional films in African countries, after deciding the approach reinforces outdated stereotypes about “white saviours”.The anti-poverty charity, best known for its Red Nose Day fundraising events, has also said it will no longer portray the continent using images...

Site offers diverse material that traditional media do not, says Ben McOwen WilsonYouTube’s UK boss has said his platform is more representative of modern Britain than broadcasters such as the BBC, saying that television channels are falling behind because they do not provide material that speaks directly to all parts of the country.The Google-owned video service is on the cusp of overtaking the BBC...