Norton criticises huge BBC pay-offs

The BBC1 chat-show host complained that the severance payments â which included ÂŁ470,000 (âŹ550,000) to former BBC director-general George Entwistle after only 54 days in the job and ÂŁ680,000 to former chief operating officer Caroline Thomson â had been an âown goalâ for the corporation.
Norton, 50, who earned ÂŁ2.61m last year through his production company So Television, told the Radio Times it âdefies beliefâ that former bosses had received large pay-outs while BBC staff were making do with less.