Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations

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

Full text of director general’s note to staff and the resignation statement from head of news Deborah Turness

Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’

The Liberal Democrat leader said Gibb, who was appointed to the board by Boris Johnson, should have ‘no role’ in appointing the new director general

Outgoing director general tells staff ‘we have to be very clear and stand up for our journalism’

Boris Johnson’s appointee is accused of pushing claims of institutional bias at the corporation after shock resignations

BBC staffers and leading political figures are calling for Sir Robbie Gibb to step down from the BBC board. So, who is the Tory ‘agent’ at the centre of a tangled web of politics…