BEEB Bosses are “beyond stupid,” union leaders have said amid plans to keep slashing journalists’ jobs while doling millions out to management.
The broadcaster’s year-on-year layoffs, mothballed programmes and budget cuts — branded “Delivering Quality First” — have long rankled the National Union of Journalists.
But general secretary Michelle Stanistreet voiced disbelief yesterday at a fresh purge of some 500 posts in News and the World Service, with most axed by April of next year — only to advertise 266 new vacancies.
On January 2 2014, PJ Harvey used her turn as guest editor of the Today programme to expose the realities of war, arms dealing and media complicity. The fury that followed showed how rare – and how threatening – such honesty is within Britain’s most Establishment broadcaster, says IAN SINCLAIR
JAMES NALTON takes a look at the German league’s move to grow its audience in Britain, and around the future of football on TV in general
The fallout from the Kneecap and Bob Vylan performances at Glastonbury raises questions about the suitability of senior BBC management for their roles, says STEPHEN ARNELL



