prime minister had taken part in theirfirst live prime minister had taken part in their first live televised debate. candidates were asked a range of questions from the studio audience including tax and the nhs. now on bbc news, the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome. today we are asking what role the media has in choosing the next conservative leader. how do you cover an election campaign that most of the public doesn t have a say in? and what might all this mean for a channel 4 s planned privatisation? next week s media bill, which would have included details of the sale has now been delayed. my guests today, fraser nelson, editor of the spectator, a publication at the heart of the conservative establishment. famously, borisjohnson was an editor of the magazine, kemi badenoch also work there for a bit. fraser, hello, will you be anointing a leader? we re going to find out a five o clock. and apparantlyjeremy hunt is struggling t
everyone who consumes its content and also interacts with it as an institution. let s understand first about more about what ofcom wants. let s hear from about more about what ofcom wants. let s hearfrom kevin bakhurst, group director of contact content and media policy. you sounded underwhelmed as to how the bbc explains itself, tell us why. i think we feel the bbc should absolutely strive all the time to explain itself to audiences and viewers and also to be transparent to the audiences who pay their licence fee, and also to the rest of the creative industries around the uk about what it his planning and how it is approaching programming, how it is approaching programming, how it is delivering its mission, ofcom s role is to make sure the bbc delivers what parliament has hit out, which is its public purposes, delivering accurate impartial news, learning content that is creative and distinctive, secondly we have a role which is probably better known, security content stan
temperatures across the uk rose with a level three alert, and some rider means the uk could be hosting next year s eurovision contest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk s second busiest airport says it will limit the number of flights across the peak summer period because it hasn t got enough staff. gatwick airport said it was aimed at creating a more reliable service for passengers. usually 900 flights run a day, but it ll be 825 injuly, and 850 in august. it comes after the government and regulators wrote to airlines telling them to make sure their summer timetables were deliverable . the decision means thousands of people will have their holiday plans disrupted, as theo leggett reports. this is what airlines and airports want to avoid. over easter and around the jubilee holiday, hundreds of flights were cancelled. some while passengers were preparing to board. people want to travel, but staff shortages at airlines and ground handling companies have become a s
kerslake. fines, it was about. lord kerslake, just fines, it was about. lord kerslake, just want - fines, it was about. lord kerslake, just want to - kerslake, just want to interrupt, i want is a over my shoulder we can see the prime minister returning to downing street. he isjust pulling up behind us at the moment. boris johnson, should you not resign today? will you resign? borisjohnson today? will you resign? boris johnson obviously today? will you resign? borisjohnson obviouslyjust returning are not making any further comment. the presenter did apologise to her guest for interrupting the interview, but they didn t change the view of james little. now, the government s decision in 2january frees now, the government s decision in 2 january frees the now, the government s decision in 2january frees the license fee for the next two years meant the bbc had an annual shortfall of £285 million. and we discovered on thursday what savings the corporation plans in order to plu