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Following recent inspections. stephen, this is serious. yeah, i know. inspectors also considered whether homophobia explained why the met did not investigate port�*s killings properly, but said it was impossible to reach any definitive conclusions. it did, however, say there were, and still are, homophobic officers at the force, and that there was a lack of understanding of the lifestyle of those they were investigating. responding to the report, the met police said it accepted it had more to do to minimise the chance of a case like port�*s ever happening again. helena wilkinson, bbc news....

One separate occasions mr sharp informed the former prime minister that he wished to apply to be chair of the bbc board, before he made his application, and that he could make an introduction to someone who might assist the former prime minister with his personal finances. assist the former prime minister with his personalfinances. in its most critical concision, it said there was a risk that members of the public might form the view that mr sharp was informing the prime minister of his application because he wanted him to make a recommendation to appoint him. they might also perceive that he ...

Select committee, suggested that damage to trust in the bbc, to the public appointments process, and to mr sharp, his reputation himself, could have been avoided if he had been more open. the attention is now really turning to that process about how a new bbc chair will be chosen. lots of calls in westminster for that to be seen to be transparent, rigorous and independent. the snp suggesting that the post should not be held by a tory donor this time round. rishi sunak was asked about this earlier and said it was right to turn to the established appointments process when the time came to select...

Decided that it — independence into question. i have decided that it is _ independence into question. i have decided that it is right _ independence into question. i have decided that it is right to _ decided that it is right to prioritise the interest of the bbc. i feel that this matter may well be a distraction from the corporation's good work, were i to remain in place until the end of my tenure. i have therefore this morning resigned as a bbc chair to the secretary of state and to the board. he bbc chair to the secretary of state and to the board.— bbc chair to the secretary of state a...

David, why exactly is he going? the phrase of richard sharp, an inadvertent breach of the rules which has led to a distraction. and throughout the process, i mean, there are no major revelations of fact in this. they are pretty much as we understood it before. he has always said, i'm going to fight this, i'm going to carry on. something has changed. i think there are two elements here. one is he said he had a meeting with simon case, the cabinet secretary, which left him in the understanding that essentially he was off the hook and didn't need to say anything more, he was in the clear. a state...