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Here are the top 10 highest-paid BBC stars in 2018/19, according to the corporation’s latest annual report. The figures are the first salary disclosures since the BBC announced it would be scrapping the universal free TV licence for over-75s. And they came after the BBC’s director-general said the public backs the broadcaster giving high salaries to “big stars” because they are “talented and entertaining”. BBC director-general Tony Hall said the broadcaster had “turned the corner on gender pay”. He said:...

The star wants to change the law so that people accused of sexual offences can remain anonymous until they are charged.

The singer and fellow campaign supporter Paul Gambaccini were both falsely accused of historical sex offences.

Gordon Brown made his plea as the Government prepared to transfer the financial burden of providing free licences to the BBC.

The majority of youngsters polled also said they think social media platforms should make it easier for them to take down posts.

BBC One will premiere Seven Worlds, One Planet later this year.

BREAKING: In a world first, Facebook has agreed to hand over the identification data of French users suspected of hate speech on its platform to judges, France's minister for digital affairs Cedric O said on Tuesday. O, whose father is South Korean, is one of French President Emmanuel Macron's earliest followers, and has been influential in shaping the president's thinking on Big Tech as an advisor at the Elysee palace in the first two years of Macron's presidency. Reuters are...

The Telegraph, The Sun and The Mail used their Sunday editions to take a swipe at Boris Johnson’s neighbours after they called the police to his girlfriend’s flat.

A Turkish court has accepted an indictment from the country's banking watchdog (BDDK) requesting a jail sentence for two Bloomberg reporters and 36 other people. The indictment, seen by Reuters, was in relation to a Bloomberg story published in August 2018. The article was about the effects of a sharp decline in the Turkish lira and how authorities and banks were responding. Worries over the Turkish central bank's independence and the country's tense ties with Washington sparked a currency crisis...