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ENGINEERING work on a train line which was due to take place over the coming bank holiday weekend has been postponed to avoid disruption to passengers wanting to visit Dorset. Track renewals on Great Western Railway’s route to Weymouth were originally planned to take place on the line between Yeovil and Weymouth between May 29-31, over the late May bank holiday. Now, the works which were due to take place at Chetnole are to instead be re-planned for later in the year, with Network Rail ...

BBC board announces new review of effectiveness of editorial policies and governance Jeremy Vine said its hard to disagree that police should launch criminal probe Shared piece written by former-chief prosecutor for North West Nazir Afzal Said police cannot hold back any longer and must consider probing Bashir Charges including forgery, pecuniary advantage by deception or misconduct in public office

Key conclusions of todays bombshell report that brought shame on the BBC The BBCs global reputation has been badly tarnished by Martin Bashirs treatment of Princess Diana and the broadcasters subsequent actions, a senior minister said today. Culture minister John Whittingdale told MPs the probe into the 1995 Panorama interview scandal makes shocking reading as the Commons discussed the scandal.  He said that it details not just an appalling failure to uphold basic journalistic standards, but a...

An atmosphere of “total contempt” coloured all dealings of BBC managers with their board of governors in 1995, as journalist Martin Bashir and his Panorama bosses were cooking up their covert interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, according to Sir Richard Eyre, who sat on the BBC board at the time. It led to a complete lack of communication about the controversial programme, which has, two and half decades later, now earned the corporation a...

 Home Secretary has not ruled out criminal prosecutions in wake of BBC scandal   Scotland Yard said it will study report to assess any significant new evidence   Lord Dyson said Bashir was in serious breach of BBCs producer guidelines   Journalist faked bank statements and gave them to Earl Spencer to gain access   Priti Patel said BBCs reputation had been compromised following report   Her comments came as Lord Michael Grade urged BBC to stop hand wringing   Fallout continues foll...

The UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has not ruled out criminal prosecutions over the interview and cover-up, as Martin Bashir breaks his silence.

The Panorama fallout continues, with a backlash to a defiant defence by the presenter and criticism from Diana's former biographer

The first colleague to confront Martin Bashir over the famous TV tell-all says the BBC should offer more than a “generic apology”.

One senior government figure closely involved in weekend discussions with the BBC said that while governance rules had changed and been improved since 1995, it would not be enough for ministers simply to step back and say it is now a different and improved institution. “When you have a future king of England attacking in a pretty strong fashion the state-owned broadcaster, then the government needs to be seen to be taking that seriously,” a government minister said. “While there ...

On November 14, 1995, I was on a Panorama assignment in Wales when I heard on my portable radio the news that Martin Bashir had secured a world-wide scoop. I had no mobile on me so I got off the train at the next station and phoned him from a call box to offer my sincere congratulations. Bashir’s magnificent coup, an interview with Princess Diana, led to nothing but high praise from all of us reporters and producers on the show. We bathed in the glory, we all grew ten feet tall. The adrenalin...