careers overlapped. so this is someone who is well known to the tory party. i think that politically the report as interesting as well in the report as interesting as well in the sense that richard sharp s career may be ending in terms of the bbc, but one thing he has played quite a proactive role in, first reported by the sunday times, one person is simon case, the cabinet secretary, and in this report richard sharp is effectively saying, speaking in comments that he felt when he had spoken to simon case and he said he raised to the top civil servant the fact that this bbc appointment was going on around the time he arranged a meeting between simon case and the men who went on to guarantee the loan for boris johnson, and he says he thought that was enough, that it seems it wasn t, so he takes the blame and he should have done differently, but you read that and i think it will add to pressure about the fact that simon case, the civil servant, is repeatedly an aspect and lots
let s remind us of the events that led us to where we are today. richard sharp was appointed chairman of the bbc in february 2021. at the start of this year the sunday times reported he was accused by a group of mps for failing to declare his involvement in securing an £800,000 loan for mrjohnsonjust involvement in securing an £800,000 loan for mrjohnson just before he recommended mr sharp for the bbc job. there was discussion of his listenership with eventbrite minister and there was added pressure for him to resign amid the gary lineker impartiality row last month. mr sharp denies any wrongdoing. as i mentioned, started in the sunday times and we are going live to the whitehall editor at the sunday times. gabriel, quite a skip on quite a conclusion. what is your reaction? i on quite a conclusion. what is your reaction? ~ ., . on quite a conclusion. what is your reaction? ~ . . ., , reaction? i think, in a way, it has codified and reaction? i think, in a way, it has co
health check. a court in belarus sentences the nobel peace prize winner ales bialiatski to 10 years in prison for smuggling money into belarus and financing protests. he says the charges are politically motivated. and memories of 1930 s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. hello and welcome to the programme. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly indicates that breaches of covid rules inside number 10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules, but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohn