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Four police forces to crack down on rural crimes, including theft. it's part of a new strategy which was launched at the royal to the uk now and the bbc chairman richard sharp resigned today, after accepting the findings of a critical report, which found he'd failed to be transparent about his dealings with borisjohnson to the panel interviewing him for the job. the controversy centred on his involvement in facilitating an £800 thousand loan guarantee for mrjohnson, who was prime minister at the time, and who signed off on his appointment as bbc chairman. mr sharp is to stand down injune from...

Questions for the bbc, for the government and about how power works in britain. the job at the centre of the story is bbc chair. the chair leads the bbc board, which has to ensure the bbc delivers its commitments to the country and is tasked with upholding and protecting the independence of the bbc. and appointing a bbc chair isn't for the bbc to do. it's a government decision, ultimately a prime minister's decision. and in 2021 it was borisjohnson who appointed richard sharp. but now mr sharp has resigned after breaching the rules of the appointment process. first, he failed to declare that h...

Adam boulton, of course, a giant of sky news for many years now with a new show on times radio. also nosheen iqbal, presenter of the guardian's today in focus podcast, and alastair campbell, who, of course, worked with tony blair for many years. he's now a writer and co—presenter of the rest is politics podcast. and we're going to talk about news podcasts and why they're different and how they're changing how we all get news in a minute. first, though, let's reflect onjon�*s co—presenter in his new podcast, emily maitlis and her mactaggart speech last week, which certainly got a lot of a...

Which she said was too inclined towards both sides—ism, giving platforms to individuals that didn't deserve airtime. she said there was an active tory agent on the bbc board, widely considered to be a reference to the former theresa may comms chief sir robbie gibb, and emily maitlis said that the bbc withdrew a monologue of hers because it was, perhaps, sending a message of reassurance directly to the government itself. adam, i'm sure you followed all of this very closely. was emily right? well, matt chorley rather cruelly commented, "anyone would think she had a new podcast to promote." i h...

For you making half an hour to speak with us in the middle of all of this. that's jon sopel and deano sophos, here with us for the programme. alsojoining them are adam boulton, of course, a giant of sky news for many years now with a new show on times radio. also nosheen iqbal, presenter of the guardian's today in focus podcast, and alastair campbell, who, of course, worked with tony blair for many years. he's now a writer and co—presenter of the rest is politics podcast. and we're going to talk about news podcasts and why they're different and how they're changing how we all get news in a m...