The department for rural affairs suggested exempting some older farmers from having to pay, Newsnight is told.

June Spencer, who played matriarch Peggy Woolley in BBC Radio 4's long-running drama The Archers from 1951 until her ...

In the meantime, Prostate Cancer Research's report says, screening 45-69-year-olds at high risk - black men and those with a ...

James Crawford Take Four Books is a new half hour book strand coming to BBC Radio 4 presented by author and broadcaster James Crawford. Produced in Scotland, the programme will interview authors about ...

The BBC has confirmed that Match of the Day host Gary Lineker is to step down from the flagship football show at the end of ...

BBC Radio 4 has today announced a sweep of comedy commissions, including series from Matt Forde, Laura Smyth and Ria Lina, ...

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize award with her novel Orbital, the first book set in space to win ...

BBC Radio 4 is launching a new books show “Take Four Books”. The new half-hour show will be presented by author and ...

Speech-based breakfast shows, including BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast and BBC Radio 4's Today, also saw an increase in listeners in a busy quarter for news, which included the UK general election and ...

Comedy Club Choice Picks from Radio 4 Extra's Comedy Club. Desert Island Discs Revisited Selected castaway gems from the BBC Desert Island Discs archive. The road to fame for the office bod and ...

Broadcaster Gary Lineker is to step down as host of flagship football programme Match of the Day at the end of this season, ...

Gary Lineker, who will leave Match of the Day at the end of this season, BBC News understands, has been the steady hand who ...