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a businessman and johnson relative, sam blyth, wanted to help financially. would introduce mr blythe the cabinet secretary, he would introduce mr blyth the cabinet secretary, to simon case. he also then told mrjohnson he was applied to be bbc chairman. on tuesday richard sharp was called before mps who asked why he didn't declare this during the process soon after. was it a monumentalfailure on your part to not go ahead with this? i did not believe that ensuring due process was followed was in itself a problem. you can dress it up, but really you were helping out someone who wanted to lend money to the prime minister, when it was not yourjob to do that. no, i was ensuring that mr case was in a position before he would do anything to involve the prime minister. today critical report said: they fell short of calling him to resign: in an interview after the story was broken in the sunday times, mr sharp told me he had done nothing wrong. i felt comfortable and i still feel there was no conflict because at that stage what i was seeking to do was ensure that the

he had referred sam blyth to the cabinet secretary to avoid any conflict—of—interest, mr sharp saido see that he could help the prime minister. and the implication of that is whether he could help him financially? definitely. in effect, without giving him financial advice, you had discussed his finances, or rather the fact that somebody wanted to help him with his finances, with the prime minister? that's correct, isn't it? correct. and back to the devastating earthquake in turkey and syria. these pictures, before and after it struck, give a glimpse of the destruction wreaked in so many cities, towns, and villages across the region. here in the uk, people have been waiting anxiously for news of relatives, as specialist rescue teams start to make their way to the disaster zone as part of an international aid effort. jon donnison has been to meet families from the turkish communities here. most offer is losing hope. i uncle, my uncles — most offer is losing hope. i uncle, my uncles wife, _ most offer is losing hope. i uncle, my uncles wife, six _ most offer is losing hope. i uncle, my

mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility.ho oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined the advice he was originally given. i raised with the cabinet secretary that i was in the application process for the bbc chairmanship. he advised at that time that to avoid a conflict or an appearance of a conflict, i should have nothing further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture, media and sport committee say richard sharp left them without the full facts to make a decision on his suitability. the mp said he showed significant errors ofjudgment in how he acted what he did not tell us was that he had facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it is all a bit banana republic. the bbc is conducting its own internal review. labour are questioning the relationship between the government and its chairman. i think that does make his position untenable and, when the report is published, if those questions cannot be answered, then i think t

mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility.mmittee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined why he didn't reveal the meeting he'd set up. i raised with the cabinet secretary that i was in the application process for the bbc chairmanship, and therefore, at that time, we discussed precisely that to avoid a conflict, or the appearance of conflict, i should have nothing further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture, media and sport committee say richard sharp left them without the full facts to make a decision on his suitability. the mp said he showed significant errors ofjudgment in how he acted while trying to become bbc chairman. one committee member is sceptical regarding how mr sharp got hisjob. what he didn't tell us is that he'd facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it's all a bit banana republic. while the bbc conducts its own internal review, labour are questioning the relationship between the governm

mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility.e of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined the advice he was originally given. to avoid a conflict, or an appearance of conflict, i shall have nothing further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture, media and sport committee say richard sharp left them without the full facts to make a decision on his suitability. the mp said he showed significant errors ofjudgment in how he acted while trying to become bbc chairman. 0ne committee member was scathing about mr sharp's conduct. this has clearly caused embarrassment. we knew he was a big tory donor, we knew he had given hundreds of thousands to the conservative party, but what he did not tell us was that he had facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it is all a bit banana republic. the bbc is conducting its own internal review. labour fear this controversy is tarnishing the broadcaster. this committee is now saying had

mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility.of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined why he didn't reveal the meeting he'd set up. i raised with the cabinet secretary that i was in the application process for the bbc chairmanship and therefore, at that time,, we discussed precisely that to avoid a conflict, or an appearance of conflict, i should have nothing further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture, media and sport committee say richard sharp left them without the full facts to make a decision on his suitability. the mp said he showed significant errors ofjudgment in how he acted while trying to become bbc chairman. 0ne committee member is sceptical regarding how mr sharp got hisjob. what he didn't tell us is that he'd facilitated an £800,000 loan for borisjohnson, the prime minister, who then gave him the job. it's all a bit banana republic. while the bbc conducts its own internal review, labour are questioning the relationship between the government and i

billy blythe called himself billy clinton by the first grade. life at home became more difficult, as he became aware of his stepfather's alcoholism. he felt responsible for defending his mother against his stepfather's verbal and physical attacks. despite conflicts with his stepfather, he legally changed his surname, as a sign of solidarity for his half-brother, roger. the turmoil of his home life did not affect his education. he graduated fourth in his class of 323 students were he was a member of the national honor society, junior class president and a band major. in 1964 he applied to is only college choice, georgetown university. during his junior year he served on the staff with his mentors, the arkansas senator. he earned a degree in international affairs in 1968. that following october, oxford university, where he was a rhodes scholar. in 1970 he began his first year at yale university law school at matt hillary rodham. after exchanging glances, she approached him and said look if you're going to keep staring at me i will keep staring bac

say "facilitate," what they mean is that he introduced borisjohnson to a distant cousin called sam blythtee's investigation followed reports in the sunday times injanuary this year, and that's where these reports emerged. the chairman's stated role within the bbc is to protect the independence of the bbc, so that's where this conflict of interest arises and the mps say that mr sharp's failure to tell them about this loan was highly unsatisfactory and they conclude that mr sharp should therefore consider what they call "the impact of his omissions" and what they will have — the impact that they will have on the bbc. yeah. and richard sharp has sort of apologised — he's apologised in part, hasn't he? but he's fighting back on some of what they've said, isn't he? absolutely, yeah. he's apologised for the impact that this has had on his colleagues within the bbc but essentially, he is saying that — in response that he acted in good faith and he challenges points of accuracy in this report, he challenges facts. so, if we have a look, a spokesman for mr sharp said that: he also says that: now,

he also says that mr sharpe was never involved in the arrangement of a loan between mr blythe and mr he offered financial advice to mrjohnson or arrange financing. he says again that he did not. as we discussed, he apologised again to the bbc�*s brilliant staff, as he has called them, given the destruction it has caused, he apologises for the destruction of and he is proud of the bbc does. . of and he is proud of the bbc does. , , �* ., does. right. this isn't over et. does. right. this isn't over yet- briefly. _ does. right. this isn't over yet. briefly, what - does. right. this isn't over yet. briefly, what is - does. right. this isn't over yet. briefly, what is next? | yet. briefly, what is next? there are _ yet. briefly, what is next? there are more _ yet. briefly, what is next? there are more reports, i there are more reports, independent reports. one for the office of the commission of public appointments of the government have said they won't comment until that report gets done by an independent lawyer. labour have commented, they say it seriously impact the impartiality and t

britishvolt had plans to build a £4 billion gigafactory near the port of blyth in northumberland, butf money and collapsed last month. its downfall was blamed on a lack of battery experience, unproven technology, and therefore no customers oi’ revenue. the new owner is another start—up. recharge industries is owned and run by a new york—based investment fund called scale facilitation. its australian chief executive, david collard, told our business editor simonjack why his company was different. what we're bringing, which is different to the prior britishvolt, is we're bringing validated technology. so that process has already started. us defence has also validated the technology, it's actually already supplied to the uk navy through a subcontractor over here. anyone who's waiting for batteries to come off your production line, which are going to slot into ajlr or a nissan or a bmw, that's not happening anytime soon, is it? no, but the strategy is for any of the manufacturers listening, they can actually start that now, albeit in the interim period. it would be imported from america a

and then of course, we also know that look for a new lens and we even had jo blythe and discussing about getting rid of the north stream one n. nordstrom to pipelines. and we seen saw some of those messages, but apparently within that group they said, hold on a 2nd. what are you doing? why are you making this public where discussion is behind the scenes and after your statements. then it will be harder for us than to say, well, it was in us when we were out there. you said you're talking about when victoria newland basically said in one way or another, these pipelines will be stopped in an unblinking called a tremendous opportunity. biden has also, he had similar things to say that they were grateful in the wake of the sabotage of the north stream pipeline. yes. of all that there were, but the thing is that there were involved in the planning of it, which is why the group said after was when they saw victoria newland the discuss. let's adolescence what look for a newland actually said. i am and i think administration is very gratified to know that nord stream too, is now as you like to s

followed reports in the sunday times injanuary this year and that is where these reports emerged —— sam blyth protect the independence of the bbc so that is where there is conflict of interest arising and the mps they mr sharp's failure to tell them about this loan was highly unsatisfactory and they conclude that mr sharp should therefore consider what they call the impact of his omissions and what they would have, impact they will have on the bbc. ., ., . ., the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has _ the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has a _ the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has a sort _ the bbc. yeah, and richard sharp has a sort of- the bbc. yeah, and richard - sharp has a sort of apologised. apologised in part, hasn't he? but he is fighting back on some of what they have said? he but he is fighting back on some of what they have said?- of what they have said? he has apologised _ of what they have said? he has apologised to _ of what they have said? he has apologised to the _ of what they have said? he has apologised to the impact - of what they have said? he has apologised to the impact that l

a businessman and johnson relative, sam blyth, wanted to help financially.ied to be bbc chairman. richard sharp was called before mps who asked why he didn't declare this during the process? mas who asked why he didn't declare this during the process?— during the process? was a failure on our art during the process? was a failure on your part to — during the process? was a failure on your part to not _ during the process? was a failure on your part to not go — during the process? was a failure on your part to not go ahead _ during the process? was a failure on your part to not go ahead with - during the process? was a failure on your part to not go ahead with this? | your part to not go ahead with this? i did not believe that insuring due process— i did not believe that insuring due process was followed was in itself a problem _ process was followed was in itself a roblem. ., .., ,, , , problem. you can dress it up, but really you — problem. you can dress it up, but really you were — problem. you can dress it up, but really you were helping _ problem. you ca

blythe and has apologised. a spokesman has come out and said, is that enough?e just let and get on with the job now? well, i think this is reflective perhaps of lack of trust that the of the lack of trust that the pubuc of the lack of trust that the public already has. of the lack of trust that the public already has . and i think public already has. and i think this , you know, is an this, you know, is an institution isn't at the bbc. so when politicians are even politicians don't have hold of the facts about it's going to be even more suspicious than they are normally. so i certainly think he needs to issue a public statement on this. and perhaps do with the as do something with the bbc as a whole, watching boris johnson is in more trouble over this than mr. shaw. not necessarily more trouble , but certainly more trouble, but certainly more political trouble , because political trouble, because obviously this doesn't reflect well on him in terms of, you know, whether or not he was rewarded in a favour, as it were . now, i don't think that's technically the ca

so it's to be a £38 billion facility just north of newcastle near the port of blythe in under britishs to build about 300,000 lithium ion battery packs per yeah lithium ion battery packs per year. if you consider 6 to 800000 cars are made a year in the uk, the moment we're trying to get that back up to a million as it was before the pandemic. so that would be a big chunk of our ev production. if all of those batteries stay in the uk. and chemist factory going and chemist factory was going to create with another create 3000 jobs with another 5000 jobs in in the supply chain. now as we know mark can move the graphic on we know that in january 2023, british volt went bust . and we know now this went bust. and we know now this company recharge has bought the site and the assets at chemists. this site is already hooked up to national grid. it used to be a power plant. they have broken ground . they've laid ground. they've laid foundations. some of the remedial work is done . and we remedial work is done. and we know also, mark, that recharge does have form here . they're does have form her

sam blythe distant cousin name.f chairman richard sharp. some acted as a guarantor for boris johnson and mr. sharpe went on to get the chairman , the bbc job to get the chairman, the bbc job and didn't declare that he'd had this interaction with boris johnson. but the conclusion isa unsurprisingly , is that he unsurprisingly, is that he should consider his impact of what has happened , but without what has happened, but without saying that he should lose his job. yes, you might say the bbc chair is a bit of a sharp end of the criticism here because we're seeing that increasingly when you're meant to have an institution is meant be institution that is meant to be celebrated for neutrality and independence , having at independence, having the man at the top meant to keep standards high , letting himself be seen to high, letting himself be seen to be too close to the government, you know, to sort of chummy and you know, to sort of chummy and you know, to sort of chummy and you know, obviously we must respect he's got a

that's the plan up near blythe , that's the plan up near blythe, the north—east. policy it may be that this is of that behind the scenes negotiation. yeah opportunity policy and you're right say you did bring to our attention last week. well a few times i suppose, but also in the bank of england poised to raise interest for 10th interest rates for the 10th time interest rates for the 10th time in a tomorrow. tell me that. in a row tomorrow. tell me that. yeah. be over on gb news yeah. i'll be over on gb news breakfast show tomorrow . talking breakfast show tomorrow. talking about at noon . we are going about this at noon. we are going to hear from the bank of england, the monetary policy committee economists committee, the nine economists who the interest rates. who set the interest rates. we've nine rises in a row at the beginning of this year. interest rates were still on sort of covid lockdown levels way under % they're now 3.5% having gone up in increments. that means mortgage costs have been going up . other borrowing costs as up. other borrowing costs as wel

i think you might of been approached by sam blythe, who said, i'd like to lend the prime minister someme minister. i don't. he was that way round. well, the problem, i suppose, is because political because of the political involvement, volunteer prime ministerial involvement and his appointment of appointment as the chairman of the should have run a the bbc, he should have run a mile, suppose, from all mile, i suppose, from from all of this, which he or less of this, which he more or less came have done, because came to have done, because he says went cabinet says he went to the cabinet secretary. but in a way, if that's water under the bridge, because there's all party because there's now an all party committee the house committee of the house of commons which said that he commons which has said that he made an error of judgement. i think they even said a serious error because he error of judgement because he didn't mps when they were didn't tell mps when they were interviewing him about all this and they that he should and they feel that he should have that me is, is have done. now t