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BBC director-general Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness have resigned, as the broadcaster looks to close the door on a scandal-hit period of its recent history.
A tumultuous week for the BBC saw it accused of institutional bias, as criticism flooded in over an edited clip of a Donald Trump speech in a Panorama documentary.
But this was only the latest in a series of controversies and scandals which have scarred the broadcaster in recent years, with accusations of institutional bias levelled at the broadcaster from both sides of the political spectrum.
Follow The Independent’s live coverage of Tim Davie’s resignation here.
In his resignation statement, Mr Davie accepted that “there have been some mistakes” during his tim
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