People acted in good faith. I think they were really out to find the right person. I think that when you look at it you say, if they had known what we know now, and this is what the report said, there is absolutely no way you would have hired martin bashir. They did not have that knowledge of the 96 events and what had happened in terms of martin bashir s behaviour to secure the interview with princess diana. If they have that, i don t think anyone would have made the hire. Mr davie was back in the public eye on tuesday, appearing in front of a parliamentary select committee along with two previous director generals lord birt, who was in charge at the time of the princess diana interview, and lord hall, who ran the news division at the time and concluded in a 1996 investigation that martin bashir was a decent and honourable man. Lord hall told the committee that he regretted coming to that verdict, and explained why he didn t involve himself in bashir s re employment. It is not for m
Said, there is absolutely no way you would have hired martin bashir. They did not have that knowledge of the 96 events and what had happened in terms of martin bashir s behaviour to secure the interview with princess diana. If they have that, i don t think anyone would have made the hire. Mr davie was back in the public eye on tuesday, appearing in front of a parliamentary select committee along with two previous director generals lord birt, who was in charge at the time of the princess diana interview, and lord hall, who ran the news division at the time and concluded in a 1996 investigation that martin bashir was a decent and honourable man. Lord hall told the committee that he regretted coming to that verdict, and explained why he didn t involve himself in bashir s re employment. It is not for me to second guess directors or people who are running large departments. Again, i go back to you trust them to make the judgments today will be sounding out that needs to be done. I trusted
at the age of 69 after suffering a heart attack in spain. the england international moved from birmingham city to nottingham forest where european glory followed. our sports correspondent andy swiss has more. a moment of football history, arriving in nottingham forest as britain s first million pound player under the watch of manager brian clark. it was a price tag but even then, francis knew would define his career. w . then, francis knew would define his career. n . ., , career. quite excited about it but, i realise that career. quite excited about it but, i realise that when career. quite excited about it but, i realise that when i career. quite excited about it but, i realise that when i got career. quite excited about it but, i realise that when i got on - career. quite excited about it but, i realise that when i got on the - i realise that when i got on the pitch, i ve got to forget about it and get on the plane, that s most important factor. if it and get on th
corfu and evia and on the greek mainland. more than 80 wildfires are now burning and tens of thousands of residents and tourists have been forced to flee. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2,000 people have been evacuated from the island. and this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says, it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services have been dealing with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. firefighters on rhodes say around one in ten of the hotels in the central and south eastern parts of the island have been affected. british travel companies are putting on more repatriation flights for people trying to leave the area. a short while ago the travel operator tui announced it was cancelling all outbound flights to rhodes up to and including friday. 0ur reporter, azadeh moshiri, is on rhodes and sent this update. well,