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2 January 2007 - Establishment of BBC Trust. The BBC Governors have been replaced by the new BBC Trust, part of a plan by the Government to make the corporation more accountable to the public and give greater value for licence fee payers. The new Trust came into force on 1 January 2007, and is led by current Acting Chairwoman Dr Chitra Bharucha .
BBC Archive logo. The BBC Archives are collections documenting the BBC's broadcasting history, including copies of television and radio broadcasts, internal documents, photographs, online content, sheet music, commercially available music, BBC products (including toys, games, merchandise, books, publications, and programme releases on VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, DVD, vinyl, audio cassette, audio ...
BBC News Online. 27 December 2006 - Death of Lord Hussey. Former BBC Chairman Lord Marmaduke Hussey has died aged 83. Appointed Chairman in 1986, his tenure involved the BBC facing accusations of holding a liberal left-wing bias as well as being an appointee of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to "sort out" the corporation.
2006. 30 January – The BBC News at Ten begins being simulcast on News 24. 3 April – The BBC News at Five is broadcast for the first time. 10 April – The BBC News at One (with British Sign Language in-vision signing) and BBC News at Six begins being seen on BBC News apart from during breaking news coverage.
bbc.com (global) BBC News is an operational business division [2] of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output ...
March – The first in-vision Ceefax transmissions are broadcast. 1981. 29 July – The Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer is produced by BBC Television & Radio with an audience of 750 million viewers and listeners in over 60 countries. 4 September – The final edition of Midday News is broadcast.
The BBC's online presence includes a comprehensive news website and archive. The BBC's first official online service was the BBC Networking Club, which was launched ...
9 February – The 9am and 5pm news bulletins on BBC Radio 3 are replaced by a ten-minute bulletin from the BBC World Service. The bulletins are titled World Service News. 1988. 15 January – After less than a year, the World Service news bulletins broadcast on Radio 3 are axed.