BBC workers protest ‘one-sided’ Hutton Report

HUNDREDS of BBC workers staged a nationwide protest yesterday against “attacks” on the corporation in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry report.

About 200 staff took to the streets outside Television Centre in west London, while further demonstrations took place in Glasgow, Newcastle upon Tyne, Manchester and Cardiff.

Many were angered at the departure of Greg Dyke, who resigned as director general last week after the BBC was criticised in the report into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly. Mr Dyke, who said he was forced to quit by the corporation’s governors, revealed he would return to his former job if asked.