Women’s Super League chief paid £531,000 as it made £2.4m loss January 29, 2026 The highest earner at the independent company set up to run the Women’s Super League, believed to be chief executive Nikki Doucet, was paid £531,000 as it made a £2.4m loss. Accounts published by Companies House reveal the finances in the first year of Women’s Super League Football Limited, which took over management of the [...]
The Apprentice 2026’s Tim Campbell: ‘Me, softer than Karren Brady? Nonsense!’ January 29, 2026 As The Apprentice 2026 arrives on screens, Lord Sugar’s newest aide Tim Campbell MBE meets Adam Bloodworth As The Apprentice 2026 arrives on screens this evening, viewers will no doubt be on the lookout for more of Baroness Karren Brady’s formidable eyebrow raises as she follows contestants getting evermore confused on their tasks. By comparison [...]
HBO’s Industry shows finance is sexy again January 28, 2026 HBO's finance romp Industry didn't make an impact in 2020. Is its 2026 rise a recession indicator? Matt Kenyon muses.
‘Nonsense!’ The Apprentice 2026 star Tim Campbell denies he’s ‘softer’ than Karren Brady January 27, 2026 As The Apprentice 2026 arrives to screens this Thursday, viewers will no doubt be on the lookout for more of Baroness Karren Brady’s formidable eyebrow raises as she follows contestants getting evermore confused on their tasks. By comparison to Baroness Brady Lord Sugar’s other aid, the businessman and former contestant Tim Campbell MBE, is viewed [...]
Commonwealth Games chiefs defend move from BBC to TNT Sports January 20, 2026 Commonwealth Games chiefs have defended the multi-sport event’s move to TNT Sports, which ended a 70-year partnership with the BBC as chief broadcaster. The state broadcaster had held the rights to the coverage since the 1954 edition, then known as the British Empire and Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver. But the BBC’s 18-Games run will come [...]
Amol Rajan to step down from BBC Radio 4’s Today programme January 15, 2026 Amol Rajan is to step down from BBC Radio 4’s Today programme later this year, ending a four-year stint as one of the flagship show’s presenters, according to the BBC. Rajan will remain with the company and continue to present University Challenge as well as the Radio 4 podcast ‘Radical with Amol Rajan’. An announcement [...]
BBC charter review opens with trust broken and money running out December 16, 2025 The government has fired the starting gun on a charter review that will determine how the BBC is governed, funded, and held to account. Culture secretary Lisa Nandy on Tuesday launched the formal review of the BBC’s Royal Charter, setting out a broad consultation on trust and long-term funding as audience behaviour continues to shift [...]
Trump sues BBC for $10bn in Florida, citing producers trips to Mar-a-Lago December 16, 2025 US Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit against the BBC in the Southern District of Florida, alleging that BBC producers travelled to Florida to film “significant portions of the [Panorama] documentary”. Last month, Trump threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn over the misleading edit of a Panorama programme, which spliced together two parts of [...]
ITV to show England’s 2026 World Cup opener, BBC bets on knockout rounds December 10, 2025 ITV will show England’s opening match of the 2026 World Cup against Croatia after it and the BBC confirmed their allocations for the tournament. All 104 matches will be broadcast on free-to-air television in the UK, with the BBC and ITV sharing the fixtures and both showing the final on 19 July. While ITV has [...]
Lineker 1, BBC 0: Goalhanger set for bumper World Cup deal with Netflix December 2, 2025 Netflix has reportedly signed Gary Lineker’s The Rest Is Football podcast in a deal which will see the former BBC presenter go up against his old employer at next year’s World Cup. Lineker is expected set to earn millions of pounds from selling the rights to the show, in which he discusses topical football matters [...]