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 panorama s interview with princess diana in 1995. tony hall was the corporation s 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. here s 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 curr
escape from their enclosure and are shot by wardens. and coming up at 8:30 becoming andi a special programme featuring a transgender teen who s documented his life for the bbc for a year. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the bbc s former director general, lord hall, has resigned as chairman of the national gallery following criticism over panorama s interview with princess diana in 1995. tony hall was the corporation s 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. here s 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 c
six more classified documents have been found in the us justice department s search of president biden s home in wilmington, delaware. mr biden s attorney, bob bauer, said in a statement that the president offered access to his home, and neither he, nor his wife, were there during the search. (biv)0ur north america correspondent peter bowes has the details. this search took place on friday. news of it has only just emerged. we know that according to mr biden s lawyer, access was given to this private residence for the department ofjustice to carry out what sounds like a very exhaustive search of the entire property. officials were there for more than 12 hours, looking through private areas of the property, looking through documents and they did find six that were marked as classified. we understand some of those documents date back to mr biden s time as senator. he represented delaware for more than 30 years, others date back to his time as vice president in the obama adminis
them joint bottom of the premier league. and it s another cold day to day across southern and eastern parts of england, with some dense fog lingering for some in the north and west. more cloud and gradually turning milder. i ll have all the details here on breakfast. it s sunday 22 january. our main story: labour is calling for an investigation into claims made in the sunday times that the chairman of the bbc helped borisjohnson to secure a loan of £800 thousand just weeks before he was recommended for the position at the corporation by the then prime minister. richard sharp, whosejob involves upholding the bbc s independence, has denied any conflict of interest. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he had never sought or received any financial advice from mr sharp. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. richard sharp was appointed as the new chair of the bbc injanuary 2021. he was chosen by the culture secretary and the prime minister, then borisjohnson. the sunday ti
in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. police say ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened as thousands of people gathered to celebrate the lunar new year in monterey park, which is around 7 miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. los angeles sheriff s office gave this update just a little earlier. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the location, pouring out of the location, screaming. the officers made entry to the location and located additional victims. the monterey park fire department responded to the scene and treated the injured, and pronounced ten of the victims deceased at the scene. there were at least ten additional victims who were transported to numerous local hospitals and are listed