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| 2025 | Lord Mann, the Prime Minister's independent adviser on antisemitism, publicly criticized BBC senior leaders, including Director-General Tim Davie, for repeatedly rejecting offers of antisemitism training. Mann reported making training offers on three occasions since 2019, all of which were declined, and accused the BBC leadership of 'arrogance' in handling antisemitism and anti-Israel bias allegations. |
| March 2025 | Announcement made that Jo Coburn would step down as presenter of BBC Politics Live from May 2025. |
| February 2025 | Controversy arose over alleged mistranslations in the BBC documentary 'Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone', with claims of sanitizing antisemitic language in Arabic subtitles. |
| January 2025 | Martine Croxall announced she would share presenting duties with Kasia Madera for the lunchtime bulletin. |
| January 15 2025 | BBC Breakfast stops being aired on the BBC News Channel during weekdays, with the channel carrying global news service instead. |
| 2024 | Moshiri left the BBC News Now programme after being appointed as the main presenter of The World Today |
| December 2024 | The Nigerien government suspended the BBC for three months, accusing the broadcaster of spreading information that could destabilize social peace and undermine military morale. |
| September 2024 | Lawyer Trevor Asserson published a report claiming the BBC violated its editorial bias guidelines over 1500 times in its reporting on the Israel-Hamas War. |
| August 2024 | Over 200 Jewish BBC staff members, contributors, and suppliers accused the BBC of 'gaslighting' regarding complaints about antisemitism. They sent a letter to BBC Chair Samir Shah urging an investigation into potential institutional racism, which Shah dismissed while praising the BBC's 'inclusive' environment. |
| June 3 2024 | The BBC News at One is extended to an hour-long programme. |
| May 28 2024 | Newsnight relaunches as a half-hour 'interview, debate and discussion' programme, removing its special reporting team. |
| January 2 2024 | BBC Breakfast extended by 15 minutes on weekdays, now broadcasting until 9:30 am. |
| 2023 | During the Gaza war, the BBC faced criticism for describing Hamas as 'militants' instead of 'terrorists', leading to resignations and international condemnation. |
| 2023 | Gareth Barlow joins the presenting team, and Huw Edwards concludes his role as an occasional relief presenter. |
| 2023 | From the start of 2023, most Wednesday editions of BBC Politics Live were simulcast on BBC News. |
| December 6 2023 | Maryam Moshiri was captured with her middle finger to the camera before a newscast, which she later explained was a 'private joke' with staff related to a countdown with the floor manager. |
| November 2023 | BBC News collaborated with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists and 69 media partners, involving over 270 journalists across 55 countries, to produce the 'Cyprus Confidential' report. The investigation exposed financial networks supporting Vladimir Putin's regime, revealing strong links between Cyprus and high-ranking Kremlin figures, some of whom have been sanctioned. |
| October 2023 | BBC suspended seven Arab journalists for allegedly expressing support for Hamas on social media during the Israel-Hamas war. |
| June 26 2023 | BBC Breakfast unveiled a new look, moving to a multipurpose studio in Media City, Salford. |
| May 22 2023 | BBC News Now premiered on both UK and international feeds of BBC News channel, marking a new programme launch as part of a channel refresh following the merger of news channels. The show is primarily hosted by Lucy Hockings and focuses on fast-paced international breaking news. |
| May 5 2023 | BBC Politics Live broadcast a special programme to cover local elections. |
| April 2023 | BBC News Channel and BBC World News merged, resulting in no specific dedicated presenters for the lunchtime bulletin. |
| April 3 2023 | The BBC News Channel closes as a stand-alone channel, merging with BBC World News to form a single worldwide news channel. |
| March 3 2023 | BBC World News aired the final episode of 'Live' programme, which was previously presented by Lucy Hockings. |
| 2022 | Matthew Amroliwala returns to presenting, and Mishal Husain transitions out. |
| September 2022 | Deborah Turness became the CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, marking a significant leadership change in the organization. |
| September 23 2022 | BBC Politics Live aired a special programme covering the September 2022 mini-budget by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng. |
| September 8 2022 | Buckingham Palace announces the death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, with BBC channels switching to live coverage. |
| September 4 2022 | The first edition of Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg is broadcast. |
| July 14 2022 | The BBC announces plans for a new global news channel titled BBC News, set to replace existing UK and overseas news services. |
| July 8 2022 | Jon Kay announced as permanent replacement for Dan Walker as presenter. |
| June 13 2022 | BBC News unveils its flagship studio for BBC News at Six, BBC News at Ten, and BBC London local newscasts, first introduced by Huw Edwards. |
| February 2022 | BBC Three launched a new news programme called 'The Catch Up', presented by Levi Jouavel, Kirsty Grant, and Callum Tulley. The programme is targeted at 16-34 year olds and aims to help viewers understand current events with an optimistic approach, running approximately three minutes and not airing on weekends. |
| 2021 | During a BBC interview, presenter Philippa Thomas interrupted and dismissed political scientist Christine Fair when she began discussing links between Pakistan and the Taliban, which sparked social media accusations of pro-Pakistan bias. |
| 2021 | Kate Silverton and Simon McCoy conclude their presenting roles. |
| December 2021 | BBC published English and Chinese-language videos about Wuhan's COVID-19 pandemic handling, which led to accusations by Chinese state media of using a 'gloomy filter' to make the country look 'dull and lifeless'. |
| December 19 2021 | The final edition of The Andrew Marr Show is broadcast after 15 years. |
| October 2021 | BBC News published a controversial article titled ''We're being pressured into sex by some trans women'', which faced significant criticism from the LGBT community, transgender charities, journalists, and BBC staff for its perceived transphobic content and problematic sourcing. |
| July 2021 | China-based social media influencer Jason Lightfoot alleged that BBC manipulated a photo of him to look dull and colourless, an allegation amplified by Chinese official Zhao Lijian. |
| April 2021 | BBC News Online reached 1.2 billion website visits and was being used by 60% of the UK's internet users for news. |
| April 9 2021 | Buckingham Palace announces the death of Prince Philip, with BBC channels switching to BBC News coverage. |
| March 3 2021 | BBC Politics Live produced a 3 hours 45 minute special covering the 2021 budget by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. |
| February 4 2021 | Following Ofcom's withdrawal of CGTN's UK broadcaster licence, China banned BBC News from airing. |
| 2020 | An academic article published in the journal of Theory and Practice in Language Studies critically analyzed BBC documentaries about China, finding they consistently used negative language and simplistic portrayals that reinforced cultural stereotypes. |
| 2020 | After summer recess, BBC scaled down BBC Politics Live to 4 days a week (Monday to Thursday), with BBC Politics UK review programme airing on Fridays. |
| November 2020 | On the Jeremy Vine show, activist Femi Oluwole challenged BBC's new impartiality guidance that warned against 'virtue signalling', questioning why presenters could still wear remembrance poppies after the guidance had previously prevented staff from showing support for Black Lives Matter and LGBT rights. |
| October 2020 | BBC issued updated impartiality rules for News staff that were criticized by Gay Times for treating LGBT+ rights issues as political matters and potentially preventing staff from supporting transgender rights or attending Pride events. |
| August 9 2020 | The BBC officially apologized for the use of the racial slur and acknowledged a mistake was made, with Director General Tony Hall accepting they should have taken a different approach. |
| August 8 2020 | Sideman (David Whitely) resigned from BBC Radio 1Xtra in protest of the BBC's handling of the racial slur incident. |
| July 2020 | A BBC reporter used a racial slur while reporting on an attack, leading to widespread criticism and controversy about the use of offensive language. |
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