Compete tonight after a pandemic enforced break. The bbc s former Director General, Lord Hall, has resigned as chairman of the National Gallery following criticism over Panoramas Interview with Princess Diana in 1995. Tony hall was the Corporations Head of news at the time when Reporter Martin Bashir used deception to secure the interview. Lord hall led an internal investigation into initial complaints, a year after the interview was broadcast but it was branded woefully ineffective this week by an independent inquiry. Heres our Home Editor, mark easton. Former Bbc Director general Tony Hall has not yet appeared publicly to answer questions about his role in the bashir scandal, specifically about what the Dyson Report called his woefully inadequate investigation into Martin Bashir S Conduct in 1986. Today, however, we learn that Lord Hall has stepped down from his Chairman Role in the National Gallery. In a statement he said. Tony hall was director of Bbc News and current affairs at th
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are george eaton, the senior 0nline Editor at the new statesman and the daily telegraphs assistant comment editor, 0livia utley. Hello again to both of you. Lets bring you up to date. Painted into a corner thats the big headline for the daily mail. Theyre reporting on how an official inquiry into borisjohnson s flat renovations will now take place. Similarly, the daily mirror also has the Downing Street flat renovations story on The Front Page. The paper claims the Prime Minister has the power to clear himself of any wrongdoing. Dup leader and Northern Ireland first minister Arlene Foster is to step down. Thats one of the lead stories for the financial times. 60 million more doses of pfizers coronavirus vaccines have been secured for the uk. Thats on The Front Page of the daily express. Its hoped they will be used as Booster Shots this autumn. The times also leads with covid vaccinations. Engla
Good to have you with us. So, how many Zoom Meetings have you had in the last 12 months . This time last year, many of us hadnt even heard of the company that is now a Household Name worldwide. Theres no doubt the Videoconferencing Company is one of the big winners during the pandemic. So, how much money has zoom made . Well, lets just take a look at. The numbers are just out and they are impressive. They have beaten wall street expectations. Sales in the last three months of 2020 were up 370 compared to the same period in 2019, hitting 882. 5 million. And the company also painted a picture of a rosy future, it expects sales to rise a further 40 this year at least, reaching more than 3. 7 billion. No surprise there, their shares did really well, up 10 in new york on monday. Rebecca bezzina is Managing Director of the Digital Agency r ga. Welcome to the programme. Is zooms success just because we have been stuck at home . The . Have been stuck at home . They have been stuck at home . Th
And borrowed, and what that means for all of us. On a night of european drama, rangers rally late on to edge a seven Goal Thriller at Royal Antwerp in belgium with a winner in the 90th minute. And the stables are staying. Bbc breakfast viewers help raise more than £1 Million Pounds to keep young people with disabilities in the saddle. Plus, an incredibly mild few days to come, one or two could hit 17 degrees but do not be fooled. Plenty of rain around as well. The full forecast coming up. Good morning, its friday, february19th. Nasa has successfully landed its most advanced spacecraft yet on mars where it will search for signs of ancient life. The rover called perseverance travelled nearly 300 million miles before navigating a risky Landing Phase dubbed the seven minutes of terror. Heres our science correspondent rebecca morelle, whose report contains flashing images. Perseverance is going about one kilometre per second. A nerve racking wait at mission control. Perseverance is safely
But the two senate seats in georgia both went so heres a quick reminder why this race in georgia is so important. The senate currently stands at 50 republicans and 48 democrats. There are two vacant seats. If ossoff and Raphael Warnock win their races, democrats would have a tie. Then Vice President elect Kamala Harris would have the deciding vote and that would give democrats control of both chambers of congress and the white house, meaning mr biden could get more of his agenda passed by the house and senate. Hed have more power. In Atlanta Georgia for us is the bbcs larry madowo. You have spent a lot of time in georgia. How is it looking . M is looking too close to call at this stage even though the polls have closed. It is too early to tell who will be the winner because it has essentially been a joint ticket for the republicans, david perdue and kelly left now running together against the what they have been calling radical left, the Democratic Candidatesjon radical left, the Democ