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John Humphrys today lifts the lid on ‘institutional liberal bias’ at the BBC. Two days after retiring, the legendary broadcaster accuses the ‘Kremlin’-style corporation of being out of touch. He says its bosses ‘badly failed’ to read the nation’s mood on Europe and ‘simply could not grasp’ why anyone voted …

And now for something completely different: Images of unaired Monty Python sketches revealed to mark comedy show’s 50th anniversary Unseen Monty Python material is revealed in anniversary Radio Times guide It includes pictures and scripts from sketches that never made it to air Radio Times is marking 50 years since …

I have always liked Prince Andrew. I interviewed him and Sarah Ferguson for BBC TV News shortly before their wedding in 1986 and it was one of the most spontaneous, happy and candid royal interviews ever given up to that date. The marriage was a true love match and the whole …

British schoolgirl, 15, vanishes from a Malaysian resort while on holiday with her family Nora Quoirin was staying with family near the Malaysian town of Seremban Her parents found her gone and her window open on Sunday morning  Nora’s mother is from Belfast and father is from France but family …

Radio presenters Nick Grimshaw and Greg James have been hiding for over 24 hours in the world’s biggest game of hide and seek. The potential location of their hideaway was narrowed down to one of six locations, with Newquay and Plymouth both being on that list. Newquay has now been …

Does it add up? So with Plymouth being one of the places being touted as the location, let’s have a look at the clues so far and see if they fit. CLUE ONE The duo had a McDonald’s for breakfast from a drive-thru. The nearest two McDonald’s to Drake Circus …

Radio presenters Greg James and Nick Grimshaw brought back Radio 1’s epic UK-wide Hide and Seek challenge yesterday. The pair double crossed their colleagues on Tuesday’s Breakfast Show revealing they had secretly been planning their great escape across the country. Radio 1’s Hide and Seek started last year where Greg …

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s rebranded charitable foundation will be led by their former communications secretary, Kensington Palace revealed today. Jason Knauf will become the chief executive of the organisation which the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left earlier this summer to establish their own foundation. The royal aide, …

The last time the Open was staged at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, George VI was on the throne and Winston Churchill was shortly to be returned to power. The BBC experimented with a new radio programme called The Archers and the British Board of Film Censors introduced an X …

Royal wedding DJ Idris Elba reveals Meghan Markle sent him a long list of suggested tunes ahead of her nuptials to Prince Harry… (where they danced to Whitney Houston hits) By Jabeen Waheed For Mailonline Published: 17:08, 11 July 2019 | Updated: 18:41, 11 July 2019 Idris Elba has revealed …