tony hall, thank you for talking to bbc news.for this interview i have spoken to many present and former colleagues of yours, senior figures in tv and politics, and i should say in the spirit of transparency that the consensus among them is that of you were a highly effective dg someone who had probably the hardestjob ofany dg. but there was one common criticism that many made, and i think you know what's coming, and it's about the deal that you struck with the government back in 2015 to take on the cost of tv licences for the over—75s, something which you now say the bbc cannot afford. it looked like a bad deal back then, why did you agree to it? let me take you back to 2015. against everyone's expectations you had an incoming majority conservative government, so the lib dems and their break on the government in the past, the coalition had gone, you had a government which was full—on austerity, a feeling that the bbc needed reform. i think it was a really, really perilous time for the bbc. move forward to a monday morning where,

has apologised and said it was an error of judgment tony hall has apologised and said it was an bbc‘s intention was to highlight an alleged racist attack yet despite these good intentions i recognise we have ended up creating distress amongst many people. he says the bbc accepts... he goes on to say... there was this resignation by david whiteley. that was a big deal and he articulated that point that for a white reporter to make this comment, he thought it was a slap in the face. the worst kind of language are not acceptable, even context not acceptable, even in the context given and even with the warnings. he said it was an error ofjudgment which he could not look away from and that's why he resigned yesterday and that's why he resigned yesterday and that's why he resigned yesterday and that was part of the pressure, other bbc staff also called this out, saying it was inappropriate and unacceptable but even though the bbc has apologised for it there may be questions why the was so much time for the bbc to take this into consideration and it's not the first time that bbc has go

tony hall, thank you very much indeed for your time. out the month with a cool day in august. i will show a view from north yorkshire that was home to the coldest spot in england to start the day today where the temperature fell down to 0.6 celsius. high pressure keeping the uk dry, but weather systems gather in the atlantic, so we will see rain before the week is done. the month is ending with high pressure, so it is dry across the uk. making for a fairly decent day if it is a bank holiday where you are. not the warmest bank holiday, with temperatures mainly around 15—17. and a reminder of how it looked last year. this was a view on the late august bank holiday in yorkshire and these were the temperatures on the 26th of august. the hottest on record. london getting up to 33. and warmth in wales in the mid—20s. it is a cooler end to august and another chilly one for the time of year overnight tonight. where there are clear spells. these are town and city temperatures and rural areas will be colder. there will be rain through northern ir

tony hall, thank you for talking to bbc news. to many present and former colleagues of yours, senior figures in tv and politics, and i should say in the spirit of transparency that the consensus among them is that of you were a highly effective dg someone who had probably the hardestjob ofany dg. but there was one common criticism that many made — i think you know what's coming — and it's about the deal that you struck with the government back in 2015 to take on the cost of tv licences for the over—75s, something which you now say the bbc cannot afford. it looked like a bad deal back then, why did you agree to it? let me take you back to 2015. against everyone‘s expectation, you had an incoming majority conservative government, so the lib dems and their break on the government in the past, the coalition had gone, the coalition had gone. you had a government which was full—on austerity, a feeling that the bbc needed reform. i think it was a really, really perilous time for the bbc. move forward to a monday morning where, not suspe

and the man who ran the bbc — tony hall — looks back on his seven years in charge — here on bbc newsgood evening. universities are being urged not to undertake face—to—face teaching before christmas because of the risk of spreading coronavirus. the university and college union says that the return to campuses of more than a million students could turn them into the "care homes" of a second wave. but university leaders say they've worked hard for months on creating safe environments for learning. our education editor, branwen jeffreys, has the story. for the momentjust a few students on campus. many more planning for their first year. on campus. many more planning for theirfirst year. in me is leaving home in york to begin theatre studies in surrey, anxious about coronavirus but not deterred. studies in surrey, anxious about coronavirus but not deterredm doesn't put me off because i think eve ryo ne doesn't put me off because i think everyone has been slowly getting used to it when they've been re—immersed in society coming out of lockdown so it's just a case of how the university are

the bbc‘s director general, tony hall, has defended the decision to play orchestral versions of rule,ght of the proms. the decision to remove the lyrics has been criticised in several newspapers. lord hall has been speaking to our media editor, amol rajan. rupert tanya and land of hope and glory, with the ever be dropped from the last eight of the proms? my view about the proms is that it is a miracle that the team have done something which i think is so important, which is to have two weeks of music at the end of the proms of light music. you know what i'm getting at here, there's been a huge amount of noise and social media, the cultural secretary has made a point about it, was there a discussion at the bbc about dropping those songs over at the british colonial past? the whole thing has been discussed by david and his colleagues, of course it has. the point is they have come to the right conclusion. it is very hard in an albert hall which takes over 5,000 people to have the atmosphere of the last eight of the proms and to have things were a whole audience singalong. it is hard crea

the bbc‘s standards are still there, i salute my erstwhile colleague and friend, still a friend, tony hallng. are we going to have biased news? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the shop jocks? are we going to have the hallidays of this world who have praised the 17—year—old sniper. i think it is very worrying. i wrote a long article about reaction to local news, either way i do not think it is going to work. that is pretty conclusive. let's go to the observer again. theirfront page has a picture of chadwick bozeman who was the black panther star who died very sad day on friday from cancer. only 43 years of age. not only a terrific role model, but he had been working for a long time with that cancer, quite extraordinary. that was the most shocking thing, the fact he made all these films whilst being so desperately ill and i have watched a lot of his films, and i had no idea. it is absolutely tragic of course. i think it is also important to recognise what he represented and what the projects he was part of represented. it is easy

coming up next, an interview with outgoing bbc director tony hall. thank you for talking to us.t and former colleagues of yours, seniorfigures, ishould present and former colleagues of yours, seniorfigures, i should say in the spirit of transparency about the consensus is that you are a highly effective director—general and had a hardjob. highly effective director—general and had a hard job. there was one common criticism, i think you know it, about the deal you struck with the government in 2015 to take on the government in 2015 to take on the cost of free tv licences for the other 75s something you say the bbc cannot afford. it looked like a bad deal back then, why did you agree to it? let me take you back to 2015. the expectation you had, an incoming majority conservative government. the lib dems and they are break on the government of the past, the coalition, had gone. you had a government which was full on austerity, a feeling that the bbc needed reform. ithink austerity, a feeling that the bbc needed reform. i think it was a really, really terrorist time for the bbc. move

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this week tony hall stepped down as director—general of the bbc after 7 years in charge.he spirit of transparency that the consensus is that of director—general and someone he had probably the hardestjob of dg -- he had probably the hardestjob of dg —— any dg. and there is a common criticism, about the deal you struck in the government back in 2015 to ta ke in the government back in 2015 to take on the cost of tv licence for over 75 switch is a the bbc cannot afford. why did you agree to it? let me take you back to 2015. against eve ryo ne me take you back to 2015. against everyone because my expectations you had an incoming majority conservative government, —— everyone's expectations. the lib dems and their break on the government in the past, the coalition had gone, you had a government which was full on austerity, a feeling that the bbc needed reform, ithink austerity, a feeling that the bbc needed reform, i think it was a really, really perilous time for the bbc. move forward to monday morning where not suspecting this was going to happen, then secretary of state ring

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projection in an industrial hall right above the real waterfall close to the swiss city of shop homes on the rhine river plunges some 23 meters into the depths of a site that through tony orlow to this day the swiss artist grew up here. proof that dollars and for 15000 years this water has been flowing down here but it's. retreated it's always an impressive site so it kind of humbles you on the top. it has such an hour but it's also tranquil in a way. some places are really shallow and soft goods right. they are tony only those installation aims to show how the phones change over the seasons. the out of your the immersive or the immersive art projects. we set up 4 cameras each taking a photo every minute. i photo that's about $2000000.00 pictures over the course of a year old it results. in a 40 minute film resulted from the vast number of pictures as well as drone and underwater recordings 28 projectors create a panorama show in a specially designed room it puts visitors in the center of the event. around 120 filmmakers musicians and sound engineers worked on the project a huge undertaking for tonio no lasting nearly 3 years now visitors can experience the rhine falls

the telegraph headlines the outgoing bbc director general tony hall saying the corporation needs a wideriversity of opinion and the daily mirror leads with princes william and harry reuniting in order to finalise details for a statue celebrating the life of princess diana. so, let's begin... asa, rob thank you very much for joining me. we start off looking at the times and this threat, the words no one wants to hear, the possibility of extensive lockdowns in the winter. asa, how serious is this threat? matt hancock is the health secretary, health of the public is his utmost concern so one would expect him to really not pull his punches. although obviously given that the government at the same time what we see mr hancock warning about how ready he is if necessary to even bring a nationwide walk on again let alone many lockdowns, at the same time the government is trying to get people back into offices and convince people it is safe to go on trains and to send your children to school. so this really highlights the sort of multi layers and some may say ove i’co m e of multi layers and some