Following accusations of bias at the BBC, Director-General Tim Davie says departure is ‘my own decision’, while head of news Deborah Turness also quits.

By Alex Kozul-Wright and News Agencies

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The head of the UK’s British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and a top news executive resigned from the organisation on Sunday after a memo criticising the editing of a 2021 speech by US President Donald Trump shortly before protesters stormed the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021, was leaked.