good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former bbc director general lord hall has resigned as chairman of the national gallery, amid outcry following an inquiry into panorama s princess diana interview. lord hall was director of news when martin bashir got the 1995 scoop, using faked documents. in a statement, he said continuing in the role would be a distraction . meanwhile, princess diana s brother, earl spencer, has confirmed to the bbc that he has written to the met police commissioner again, asking her to investigate the corporation over the interview. i m joined by our political correspondent greg dawson. this is going to come as a surprise to some people because lord hall was director of news 25 years ago. yes. director of news 25 years ago. yes, this is a significant director of news 25 years ago. yes this is a significant development, but for many, it won t be surprising given the nature of the criticism levelled at him and lord dyson s inquiry into what went
you can capture stunning images of the night sky with your smartphone. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former bbc director general lord hall has resigned as chairman of the national gallery amid outcry following an inquiry into panorama s princess diana interview. lord hall was director of news when martin bashir got the 1995 scoop, using faked documents. in a statement, he said continuing in the role would be a distraction . meanwhile, princess diana s brother earl spencer has confirmed to the bbc that he has written to the met police commissioner again, asking her to investigate the corporation over the interview. our correspondent jon donnisonjoins us. lord jon donnisonjoins us. hall left the bbc last summi but lord hall left the bbc last summer. but he has now resigned from his new post? but he has now resigned from his new ost? , ., , ., but he has now resigned from his new ost? , .,, ., ., ,, ., post? yes, he has left two “obs in a ear s post? yes, he has
the final rehearsals are done and the pyrotechnics are ready. the eurovision finalists compete tonight, after a pandemic enforced break. and coming up. social media, anti social media, breaking news, faking news. the programme about a revolution in media, the media show, is coming up with mobeen azhar. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former bbc director general lord hall has resigned as chairman of the national gallery, after facing criticism over panorama s interview with princess diana in 1995. tony hall was the corporation s head of news at the time when martin bashir used lies and fake documents to secure the interview. in a statement, lord hall said continuing in his role at the gallery would be a distraction to the institution. meanwhile, princess diana s brother earl spencer has confirmed to the bbc that he has written to the met police commissioner again, asking her to investigate the corporation over the interview. our correspondent jon donnisonjoins us.
and on newsnight at 10.30, we ll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today s big stories. plus, we take a first look at what s on tomorrow s front pages. good evening. in the last half hour, it s been reported that the uk has taken part in further strikes against the iranian backed houthis who operate in yemen. the attacks are in response to strikes by the houthis on cargo ships in the red sea. the houthis say they are attacking vessels bound for israel, in support of palestinians. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is here with me. this story has just broken, what more do we now? all we have at the moment is confirmation from two unnamed us officials at jets from confirmation from two unnamed us officials atjets from that us carrier in the red sea, the uss eisenhower, along with britishjets, they say, have been taking part in strikes on the houthis in yemen. we ve not yet had confirmation from downing street or the mod that that has happened
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