Outgoing BBC News chief executive Deborah Turness admitted “mistakes are made” but said there is “no institutional bias” at the BBC after she and director-general Tim Davie resigned over claims Panorama selectively edited a speech by Donald Trump. Arriving at BBC New Broadcasting House on Monday (10 November), Ms Turness said the BBC's journalists are "hard-working people who strive for impartiality, and I will stand by their journalism". "There is no institutional bias," she added. "Mistakes are made, but there's no institutional bias."

Davie tells staff departure was ‘my own decision’ but it comes with the BBC preparing to apologise for the way it edited a Trump speech

Director-general Tim Davie and head of news Deborah Turness quit after facing criticism over how it edited the speech for a documentary by the British broadcaster.