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FOI reveals visitors almost halve at Southampton’s SeaCity Museum

Southampton’s £15m SeaCity Museum has seen visitor numbers fall by almost half since it opened three years ago, its latest figures show. A BBC Freedom of Information request has found that 78,000...

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FOI reveals more than 13,000 in Scotland fined for not paying TV licence fee

Almost 13,500 people in Scotland were found guilty of failing to pay their TV licence in the last year, with those in Glasgow most likely to be offenders. Figures obtained under a freedom of...

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FOI reveals £500 to feed BBC bosses in a meeting

The BBC’s highest-paid bosses have been spending up to £500 a time on food for staff meetings, according to figures disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act. Rank and file staff are only allowed...

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FOI reveals number of female BBC staff over 60 has dropped in last five years

After its high-profile sexism and ageism rows, you might think the BBC had learnt its lesson. But nearly five years after Miriam O’Reilly won her landmark case against the Corporation, it appears to...

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FOI reveals BBC News has 250 ‘managers’ and 750 ‘editors’

There are more than 750 ‘editors’ and 250 ‘managers’ in BBC News, according to a Freedom of Information response from the corporation. As of 31 October 2015, there were 764 people in BBC News – more...

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FOI BBC fatcats waste £20,000 on cabs that weren’t needed

The bloated corporation, which costs the licence fee payer £145.50 a year, also spent more than £50,000 on cabs that were left waiting for clients with the meter running. The figures, released...

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FOI reveals libraries lose a quarter of staff as hundreds close

Almost 8,000 jobs in UK libraries have disappeared in six years, about a quarter of the overall total, an investigation by the BBC has revealed. Over the same period, some 15,500 volunteers have been...

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FOI reveals Top Gear bosses blew £6,500 on policing Cenotaph stunt

Top Gear bosses have been forced to admit they blew £6,500 of licence fee cash policing their controversial Cenotaph stunt, the Sunday People can reveal. Official documents show NINE ­officers were...

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FOI reveals BBC gives away 421 free Wimbledon tickets

The BBC has come under fire for treating hundreds of its own staff, politicians and journalists from Russian and Turkish state TV to free tickets for Wimbledon. While ordinary members of the public...

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FOI reveals Scottish schools meals serve chicken from Thailand

School children are eating chicken produced 6,000 miles away in Thailand, a BBC investigation has found. Scottish government ministers have repeatedly called for supermarkets and shops to buy local....

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