Mark Mardell has warned the BBC’s diversity drive will ‘annoy and dismay’ its audience in a parting shot as he left the corporation after a 30-year career. The veteran broadcaster, 63, announced on Twitter last month that he would be presenting his last World At One show after taking redundancy. Yesterday he expressed his frustrations … Read more
The failure to award World Cup winner Jack Charlton a knighthood before his death was last night branded an ‘absolute disgrace’. Pressure is now building for the much-loved former Leeds United defender and Republic of Ireland manager to be honoured posthumously. His death on Friday, aged 85, following a year-long fight with cancer, means another hero … Read more
An Amazon executive has quit his job ‘in dismay’ at the firing of whistleblowers who raised concerns about unsafe warehouse working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. Engineer Tim Bray announced he was leaving the online retail giant after more than five years, citing the ‘vein of toxicity running through the company culture’. He also slammed the tech giant’s actions … Read more