BECTU, the Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union, responds to the BBC Strategy Review
The group director of corporate affairs at BSkyB gives the company's verdict on the BBC Strategy Review: the Trust has failed to fulfil its duties; the executive proposes only superficial changes.
German public service broadcasters face a similar upheaval to those in Britain but enter the fray encumbered by a different set of regulations and supervisory bodies.
The new government wants to revive English history. The questions are how and with whom.
UN condemns Israeli commando raid on aid-flotilla. Amnesty calls for inquiry into possible extra-judicial killings during Kingston violence. British troops come under US command in Kandahar. Russian delegation visits South Korea to assess Cheonan findings. All this and more in today's update.
Britain’s voters have forced a two-party system to begin to operate by a three-party logic. And it’s about to get even more interesting, writes David Hayes in Australia's Inside Story.
When the new government said it would ‘end the detention of children for immigration purposes’ some people proclaimed a great victory.
But as the families locked up in Yarl’s
The approach to juvenile lawbreakers in Russia and in England & Wales is more punitive than in other European countries. Why do we put young offenders behind bars?In this article Mary McAuley highlights some of the questions she has addressed in her new book ‘Children in Custody’.
Informational and educational documentaries must remain a priority for public service broadcasting in the face of the pressure of chasing ratings, argues Jonathan Stedall.
On Wednesday 19 May, we published a piece that began, 'At 11.36 this morning the mother of an 8-month old baby made a desperate plea for help
Guests at the Centre for Law, Justice and Journalism at City University discuss the fate of public service broadcasting in the face of a probable change of government (recorded 29 April 2010)
A condensed overview of how the British left should respond to the new government in Britain.
