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The BBC faces paying out up to £1 million in compensation to graphic designer Matt Wiessler whose career was wrecked after he blew the whistle on the Martin Bashir scandal.
THE case for making rail improvements in Dorset was put forward by West Dorset MP Chris Loder.
During the independence referendum campaign of 2014, numerous concerns were raised about the BBC’s news reporting THE damning Dyson report heavily criticises the BBC for its whitewash of an investigation into the way in which the then Panorama reporter Martin Bashir created false information in order to secure an interview with Princess Diana which was broadcast back in November 1995. Bashir used a graphic designer to create fake bank statements which were used to convince Diana’s brother that people close to her were leaking receiving payments from the intelligence services. The inte...
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 keen to avoid disruption for passengers seeking to take advantage of loosening lockdown restrictions...
The BBC rehired Martin Bashir despite the deception over his Princess Diana interview after an executive said he was desperate to win awards, a senior source says. And Bashir is still earning up to £2,000 a week from taxpayers despite plunging the broadcaster into its biggest crisis for decades, it has emerged. The BBC accepted his resignation rather than sacking him, meaning he is believed to be drawing his £100,000-a-year salary until his three-month notice period ends in July. Jonathan Munro, the deputy director of news, was identified by senior BBC insiders as the primary force b...