April 28, 2023 /Media/ — Richard Sharp resigned as Chairman of the BBC on April 28, 2023, after a report found he had breached rules on public appointments by failing to declare his connection to a secret £800,000 loan made to Boris Johnson.
The report, by the UK commissioner of public appointments, found that Sharp had created a “potential perceived conflict of interest” by not disclosing his knowledge of the loan when he was appointed to the BBC board in 2020. Continue reading
April 27, 2023 /Media/ — Lukwesa Burak is a Zambian-born British journalist and news presenter who is known for her work on the BBC. She is the main presenter of Inside Out East Midlands, and has also presented on BBC News, BBC World News, and BBC Radio Leicester.
Burak was born in Lusaka, Zambia, in 1974. She moved to the UK with her family when she was 10 years old. She studied English and History at the University of Nottingham, and then went on to work as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines.
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