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BBC boss Tim Davie rallies staff after string of scandals

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The BBC has lessons to learn if it wants to create “the strongest possible workplace culture”, its director-general has said after a series of scandals.

In an email to all staff on Wednesday, Tim Davie said that it was a “critical priority” of his to ensure the BBC was a good place to work. He acknowledged it had been a “demanding period” for the organisation.

In the last few months, Huw Edwards, the BBC’s most senior news presenter and the man who led coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children.

Huw Edwards, the senior news presenter who led the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s death, will be sentenced next month for making indecent images of children

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The popular programme Strictly Come Dancing has come under scrutiny after former contestants claimed they were subject to mistreatment and abuse by their dance partners.

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