russia s invasion. 0r like year end, bbc news, bakhmut. mps have accused the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgement, for not declaring his involvement in helping boris johnson secure a financial loan whilst serving as prime minister. at the time, mr sharp was in the process of applying to join the corporation, and maintains he s done nothing wrong. here s our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. while he was applying for the role, he introduced sam blyth, a businessman, to the uk s top civil servant, the cabinet secretary simon case. mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility. mr sharp didn t give all the details to this committee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined why he didn t reveal the meeting he d set up. i raised with the cabinet secretary
of the civil service, simon case. mr sharp maintains he did nothing wrong. but a report from mps on the culture and media committee says his actions undermined confidence in the public appointments process. here s our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. it has since emerged that while he was applying for the role, he introduced the man on the left, businessman sam blyth, to the man on the right, the uk s top civil servant, simon case. mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility. mr sharp did not declare all the details to this committee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined the advice he was originally given. to avoid a conflict, or an appearance of conflict, i shall have nothing further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture, media and sport committee say richard sharp left them without the
richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. it has since emerged that while he was applying for the role, he introduced the man on the left, businessman sam blifil, to the man on the right, the uk s top civil servant, simon case. he wanted to provide the then prime minister borisjohnson with a loan facility. mr sharp did not declare all the details to this committee of mps who saw his appointment. of mps who oversaw his appointment. he outlined the advice he was originally given. to avoid the appearance of a conflict, i should not have anything further to do with it. in a report published today, the digital, culture and media committee say that they left richard sharp without the full facts to make a judgment, and he showed significant errors ofjudgment. 0ne committee member was scathing about mr sharp s conduct. this has clearly caused embarrassment. we knew he was a big tory donor, we knew he had given hundreds of thousands to the conservative party, but h
mps have accused the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp, of significant errors ofjudgment, for not declaring his involvement, in helping borisjohnson secure a financial loan, when he was prime minister. at the time, mr sharp was in the process of applying tojoin the corporation, and maintains he s done nothing wrong. here s our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. richard sharp was made bbc chairman, a government appointment, in 2021. while he was applying for the role, he introduced the man on the left, businessman sam blyth, to the man on the right, the uk s top civil servant, simon case. mr blyth wanted to provide the then prime minister, borisjohnson, with a loan facility. mr sharp did not declare all the details to this committee of mps who oversaw his appointment. he was back with them on tuesday and outlined the advice he was originally given.
mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. and coming up in the sport later in the hour, it has been a very good weekend for manchester city. the premier league champions are now just three points behind arsenal at the top of the table. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000 but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned.