Tim Davie resigns as BBC's director-general - with CEO of BBC News also stepping down

Tim Davie has resigned arsenic the BBC's director-general, according to the broadcaster.

The main enforcement of quality Deborah Turness has besides resigned, the BBC has reported.

It comes arsenic the corp is expected to apologise connected Monday pursuing concerns astir impartiality, including however a code by US President Donald Trump was edited successful an occurrence of Panorama.

The concerns respect clips spliced unneurotic from sections of the US president's code connected January 6 2021 to marque it look helium told supporters helium was going to locomotion to the US Capitol with them to "fight similar hell" successful the documentary Trump: A Second Chance?, which was broadcast by the BBC the week earlier past year's US election.

The Telegraph reported connected Tuesday that a memo by a erstwhile outer advisor to the BBC's editorial standards committee raised the issue, arsenic good arsenic different concerns astir impartiality, successful the summer.

Mr Davie took the relation successful 2020, replacing Tony Hall.

During his clip successful complaint of the broadcaster, helium has dealt with a fig of high-profile controversies wrong the corporation.

They see a enactment implicit erstwhile Match of the Day big Gary Lineker's sharing of his governmental views, apical presenter Huw Edwards being convicted of making indecent images of children, and the BBC's broadcasting of Bob Vylan's arguable Glastonbury performance.

Mr Davie, who had a vocation successful selling and concern earlier joining the BBC's marketplace squad successful 2005, was antecedently acting director-general from November 2012 until April 2013.

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