The Latest Breaking News from Philippa Childs

Here’s everything we know about the MasterChef controversy:

The broadcaster is facing pressure from a constestant, the broadcast union, leading women’s charities, and women who filed complaints against the show’s presenters

D’Acampo has ‘firmly denied’ the allegations in a statement to the broadcaster, saying they were ‘simply not in my nature’.

Some staff work 18-hour days, some sleep on floor and some have no access to drinking water, finds research

On Good Friday, police were called to a performance of The Bodyguard – and there have been numerous other examples of audiences behaving badly. With crowds heckling, screaming, livestreaming and even copulating during shows, what can be done?

Bectu said workers have suffered more extreme incidents following the pandemic, including physical aggression and sexual harassment.

Bectu launches safer theatres charter as survey reveals 45% of workers may quit due to shocking levels of antisocial behaviour by drunken theatregoers

Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan confirmed the Government has scrapped plans to privatise the broadcaster.

BBC has announced that it will close BBC Arabic radio after 84 years among other radios due to cost, inflation and licensing fees. Nearly 400 staff at BBC World Service will lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting program and move to digital platforms, the broadcaster announced on Thursday,…