Paul Revoir

In his first major speech since he took up the role in March, Dr Samir Shah will suggest the change in a bid to tackle 'a sense of almost perpetual Government review over the BBC'.

Giving his first major speech since he took up the role in March, Dr Samir Shah admitted there was a 'sense that powerful people 'get away with it'

Actor Samuel West, 58, star of All Creatures Great and Small on Channel 5, has escaped a driving ban by claiming a penalty would deprive fans from seeing a well-loved classic car in the show

It said that the recent US presidential election had underlined its view that the online forum, formerly known as Twitter , was a 'toxic media platform'.

The UK's film classification body received its highest number of complaints in four years, driven by youngsters complaining they were not being allowed into films they wanted to see.

The BBC has confirmed she will be recording new episodes of Desert Island Discs and appearing on The One Show, where she is one of the co-presenters, in the next few weeks.

Well-known TV comedian Fern Brady has seen her promotional poster for her new tour banned after the Advertising Standards Authority deemed it to be mocking Christianity.

The 51-year-old presenter is believed to have been having talks with bosses at the BBC about moving to a new role at the corporation, once she departs her current job.

The journalist, who this week quit its Sunday sister paper The Observer, reportedly wrote a message to friends on Facebook where he criticised Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner.