The Latest Breaking News from Richard Sharp

Corporation’s reinstatement of Match of the Day presenter described as a ‘capitulation’

BBC says presenter ‘will abide by the editorial guidelines’ until social media review complete

Editorial: Ministers want the BBC to do the impossible and patrol the opinions of every contributor to save the government from scrutiny

Conservatives condemn ‘pathetic capitulation’ – claiming it will hasten end of BBC licence fee

Keir Starmer describes Sharp’s position as ‘increasingly untenable’ as Rishi Sunak offers lukewarm defence of BBC chair

Jacob-Rees Mogg said the £159-a-year charge is "passed its sell-by date and needs to go" as the BBC rejected pressure from Tory MPs to sack Gary Lineker from Match of the Day

The row over Gary Lineker’s comments come at a difficult time corporation, which is marking its centenary.

‘How on earth is he still in position?’ asks Labour leader amid impartiality row

The BBC secured a draw on Monday in its showdown with Gary Lineker, reversing the former football great's suspension from the airwaves for a tweet that criticized the UK government’s new migration policy. The about-face followed a weekend of chaos and crisis for Britain's publicly funded national broadcaster, which faced…

The director-general of the corporation said he ‘respects the views’ of staff who stepped away from sports programming at the weekend.

The BBC says Gary Lineker will return to the airwaves