Two years on from the publication of the Government’s Action Plan for Animal Welfare, which promised to ‘revolutionise the treatment of animals in the UK’, celebrities including Dame Joanna Lumley, Leona Lewis, Susie Dent and Will Young have written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stating that animals “have been badly let down”.
The celebrities, joining forces with leading UK animal charities Animal Aid, Compassion in World Farming, Four Paws UK, Humane Society International/UK, PETA UK and the Rspca, lament a lack of progress on addressing issues such as ending live animal exports, exploring action on the import and sale of fur products and banning keeping primates as pets. The signatories call on the Government to deliver its Action Plan in full.
In addition to the letter from celebrities, 25 of the country’s largest animal protection groups including the Rspca have published an open letter to Rishi Sunak, detailing...
The celebrities, joining forces with leading UK animal charities Animal Aid, Compassion in World Farming, Four Paws UK, Humane Society International/UK, PETA UK and the Rspca, lament a lack of progress on addressing issues such as ending live animal exports, exploring action on the import and sale of fur products and banning keeping primates as pets. The signatories call on the Government to deliver its Action Plan in full.
In addition to the letter from celebrities, 25 of the country’s largest animal protection groups including the Rspca have published an open letter to Rishi Sunak, detailing...
- 5/12/2023
- Look to the Stars
There was a moment in November when Channel 4’s senior executives breathed a sigh of relief.
Seated at the top table of Channel 4’s 40th birthday party, Chief Executive Alex Mahon was flanked by her friend Elisabeth Murdoch and doyens of UK broadcasting, including BBC Director-General Tim Davie and Carolyn McCall, ITV’s Chief Executive. They were raising a glass to a British success story in a rare public display of unity.
On the same table was Thérèse Coffey, a senior government minister who had survived three prime ministers in the space of little more than three months. Her presence at the V&a Museum event bemused others, who believed the government only had hostile intentions for Channel 4 after sanctioning a sale of the broadcaster against its wishes.
Things soon got weirder. Coffey turned to Mahon and asked if she could raise a glass to Channel 4. She then proceeded...
Seated at the top table of Channel 4’s 40th birthday party, Chief Executive Alex Mahon was flanked by her friend Elisabeth Murdoch and doyens of UK broadcasting, including BBC Director-General Tim Davie and Carolyn McCall, ITV’s Chief Executive. They were raising a glass to a British success story in a rare public display of unity.
On the same table was Thérèse Coffey, a senior government minister who had survived three prime ministers in the space of little more than three months. Her presence at the V&a Museum event bemused others, who believed the government only had hostile intentions for Channel 4 after sanctioning a sale of the broadcaster against its wishes.
Things soon got weirder. Coffey turned to Mahon and asked if she could raise a glass to Channel 4. She then proceeded...
- 2/3/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
New prime mininister reappoints culture secretary after she backed his leadership bid
Culture secretary Michelle Donelan has retained her job following newly-appointed UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle.
BBC licence-fee sceptic Donelan was appointed by short-lived leader Liz Truss on 6 September, with some speculation that she may have been ousted following the departure of the former prime minister.
However Sunak, who became prime minister yesterday, has opted to keep her in post after she was among the MPs to endorse him during his second leadership bid.
Other potential candidates reportedly under consideration for the post according to The Times...
Culture secretary Michelle Donelan has retained her job following newly-appointed UK prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cabinet reshuffle.
BBC licence-fee sceptic Donelan was appointed by short-lived leader Liz Truss on 6 September, with some speculation that she may have been ousted following the departure of the former prime minister.
However Sunak, who became prime minister yesterday, has opted to keep her in post after she was among the MPs to endorse him during his second leadership bid.
Other potential candidates reportedly under consideration for the post according to The Times...
- 10/26/2022
- by Ellie Kahn Broadcast¬Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Channel 4 news anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy has apologised “unreservedly” to Northern Ireland minister Steve Baker for calling him a “c***” in what he called an “unguarded moment”.
The broadcaster said the remark followed a “robust interview” with Mr Baker but it was “beneath the standards I set myself”.
During an off-air moment after his interview with Mr Baker, Mr Guru-Murthy was heard on a livestream saying “what a c***”.
He later tweeted: “After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air.
“While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself and I apologise unreservedly.
“I have reached out to Steve Baker to say sorry.”
Mr Baker later replied to the tweet accepting the apology. “I appreciate you apologising. Thank You,” he wrote.
But, later, Mr Baker told John Pienaar on Times...
The broadcaster said the remark followed a “robust interview” with Mr Baker but it was “beneath the standards I set myself”.
During an off-air moment after his interview with Mr Baker, Mr Guru-Murthy was heard on a livestream saying “what a c***”.
He later tweeted: “After a robust interview with Steve Baker MP I used a very offensive word in an unguarded moment off air.
“While it was not broadcast that word in any context is beneath the standards I set myself and I apologise unreservedly.
“I have reached out to Steve Baker to say sorry.”
Mr Baker later replied to the tweet accepting the apology. “I appreciate you apologising. Thank You,” he wrote.
But, later, Mr Baker told John Pienaar on Times...
- 10/20/2022
- by Lamiat Sabin
- The Independent - TV
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