BBC strike threatens sports coverage
Press Review 12 May 2005
BBC staff have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action, threatening coverage of the Wimbledon tennis championship and the Open golf tournament.
BBC under fire for 'biased' reporting
News Article 29 April 2005
The BBC has been accused of showing a bias against the Conservative Party.
BBC job cuts continue
Press Review 22 March 2005
The BBC director general, Mark Thompson, has announced a further 2,050 job cuts.
BBC disrespects politicians say peers
Press Review 16 March 2005
Peers have accused the BBC of showing politicians a "lack of respect".
Chris Smith MP - former culture secretary
Interview 9 March 2005
The former Cabinet member tells ePolitix.com why Brown and Milburn must work together and how Labour can secure an historic third term
Tories slam BBC for paying Tony Martin's burglar
Press Review 4 March 2005
A Conservative MP has criticised the BBC for paying one of the men who burgled the Norfolk farmer, Tony Martin, to appear in a programme.
Jowell axes BBC governors
Press Review 3 March 2005
The BBC's board of governors is to be scrapped, Tessa Jowell said yesterday.
Jowell to overhaul BBC governance
Press Review 2 March 2005
Tessa Jowell will today set out the government's plans for the future of the BBC.
BBC faces governance shake-up
News Article 2 March 2005
Tessa Jowell has outlined plans for an overhaul of the way in which the BBC is governed.
Tories slam BBC over miners' film
Press Review 28 February 2005
The Conservatives have attacked a forthcoming BBC film about the 1984-85 miners' strike as "wholly partial and one-sided" and called for it to be dropped from the schedule.
Tories attack BBC miners' strike drama
News Article 27 February 2005
A BBC drama on the 1984 miners' strike should not be screened in the run up to the general election, the Conservatives said.
BBC to keep all licence fee cash
Press Review 25 February 2005
The green paper on the future of the BBC will not propose that some licence fee cash is given to other broadcasters.
Sports minister calls for FA rethink on match timing
News Article 21 February 2005
Sports minister Richard Caborn has said the Football Association needs to look again at the timing of football matches following Saturday's hooliganism.
BBC blueprint delayed
Press Review 18 February 2005
The row between culture secretary Tessa Jowell and Downing Street adviser Lord Birt has put back publication of the government's green paper on the future of the BBC.
Birt at odds with Jowell over BBC reform
Press Review 17 February 2005
Key Downing Street adviser Lord Birt has backed plans to break up the BBC's board of governors and disperse licence fee cash around other public service broadcasters.
