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for its part, the bbc offered a full and unconditional apology and director—general tim davey said thisa editor and russian. , ., , russian. the report identifies three very — russian. the report identifies three very serious _ russian. the report identifies three very serious failings - l three very serious failings — amol rajan. the first is martin bashir�*s investigation the weather was carried out. to be clear, that was a breach of the current editorial guidelines at the time in 1993. you are right with the second thing around the investigation. it is clear it was not good enough. and it didn't get to the truth. and then finally, the way that the press was handling it, it was evasive and not up to standard. view express their concern about what lord dyson's report had uncovered, with susan writing... and sheila brown agreed. well, let's explore the implications of the report for the bbc with stuart purvis, border editor in chief at itn and a former partner at the regulator 0fcom. now that princes william and harry have spoken out publicly about deceit and their mother and the public

tony, freudian slip, we had from tim davey, the of on thursday but since then we haven't heard from manyc in post february. he accepted unconditionally what lord dyson said, he accepted there were failures in the original broadcast and also talked a lot about the culture of the bbc. there is going to be a review. the board of the bbc will lead the review into the current practices of the bbc. the focus is beginning to move on in this story a little bit as to why martin bashir was rehired by the bbc in 2016. martin bashir was an employee of the bbc untiljust last week. one of the things richard sharpe talked about, which we see in this clip, is the circumstances of his departure. i trust the executive to handle the sensitivity of these processes when it comes to the nuances between somebody resigning and somebody being fired, where we have different legal, quite right, appropriate legal protections. i expect them to handle it in a way that's best for the organisation. i take comfort from the fact that martin bashir is no longer here. i don't take comfort yet from understanding why he was

tim davey says of course lord dyson's findings are shocking, but he is confident the bbc has a stronger in place to prevent anything like this from happening again. prevent anything like this from happening again-— prince william has spoken of the importance of scotland to him in the days following the death of his mother. he's made the comments in a speech to the general assembly of the church of scotland in edinburgh. william said he had been at balmoral when he was told the news, and says that still in shock, he found sanctuary in the service at crathie kirk that morning. he says in the days that followed he found comfort in the scottish outdoors. surge testing for coronavirus is being introduced in more parts of england, after cases of the indian variant were detected. people living and working in parts of west london are being asked to take a test, even if they have no symptoms. most cases of the indian variant are concentrated in the north west of england. our health correspondent, jim reed, reports. targeting a rise in covid infections in greater manchester. rochdale is one of mo

the current bbc director—general, tim davey, has written to staff saying the scandal leaves the corporationord hall was a bbc man through and through. he started as a trainee in the early 1970s. he rose to edit what was then the nine 0'clock news at the age of 34. he was director of news and current affairs at the bbc for over a decade before he left to head the royal opera house and then return to the bbc as director—general in 2013. leaving public life will be a huge blow for him, but his resignation todayis blow for him, but his resignation today is not the first prompted by the scandal and it may not be the last. this deceit happened a quarter of a century ago and yet its reverberations are still being felt very much today.— very much today. thank you very much. surge testing for coronavirus is being introduced in more parts of england after further cases of the indian variant were detected. most of the incidents are concentrated in the north west of england. meanwhile, people travelling from the uk won't be allowed into germany from tomorrow because of a rise in cases of the indian var

tim davey the director—general today announced that they would be another bbc investigation into thatreatment and operations have been plagued by restrictions, with dentistry also left in a hole. a study released today by the british dental association, seen exclusively by the bbc, suggests that almost half of all dentists surveyed are considering changing career all seeking early retirement if covid restrictions remain in place over the next 12 months in england. long hours working with ppe, coupled with a strained workload, has been chipping away at morale. people in the profession are quite disillusioned, and they are suffering from a lot of mental health problems. they have been exposed to an unprecedented level of abuse from patients who are directing their anger and frustration at the staff on the front line because they are unable to get a dental appointment or are in pain. clinical staff have to wear masks that are difficult to breathe in, eight, nine hours a day. phone rings, answerphone message plays. dentists say patients have become increasingly frustrated, with fewer avai

tim davey, the director—general of the bbc, will have _ director—general of the bbc, will have more —her questions are going to be raised about other investigations that martin bashir was a _ investigations that martin bashir was a part of over the years. then there _ was a part of over the years. then there are — was a part of over the years. then there are more recent matters. we have _ there are more recent matters. we have got— there are more recent matters. we have got mps of the media select committee interested in wide martin bashir— committee interested in wide martin bashir was _ committee interested in wide martin bashir was rehired in 2016. it could be that— bashir was rehired in 2016. it could be that they then seek to have questions for a senior bbc executives about that issue. there is a third _ executives about that issue. there is a third and wider issue. oliver dowden, — is a third and wider issue. oliver dowden, the culture secretary, and home _ dowden, the culture secretary, and home secretary priti patel, talking about— home secretary priti patel, talking about the

and tim davey, director—general of the bbc, who has had a lot of credit for setting up this enquiry,o keep the story varied. in other words, two weeks between that evidence first coming to their attention on their announcement, which was used by the bbc to try to manage the process. now, the bbc are likely to say about what they would use that time to connect with lord spencer, try to understand the issues, possibly even see weather an apology could be made, in other words, from their point of view that was two weeks of constructive negotiation. other people are going to see it as an attempt yet again to cover up what happened back in 1995 and 1996. tim cover up what happened back in 1995 and 1996. , and 1996. tim davies said he will make and1996. tim davies said he will make further— and 1996. tim davies said he will make further announcements i and 1996. tim davies said he will. make further announcements about and 1996. tim davies said he will- make further announcements about the ways in which journalism and journalists at the bbc will be monitored and looked after going forward