Overview
- BBC Director-General Tim Davie told Parliament’s culture committee that staff on the ground at Glastonbury had the authority to cut the Bob Vylan livestream but failed to do so.
- The BBC has pledged to publish revised live-event editorial guidelines by September 1 to prevent similar broadcast failures.
- Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes has urged the BBC to accelerate its investigations to safeguard public confidence in its coverage.
- Avon and Somerset Police’s criminal inquiry into the duo’s “death to the IDF” chants remains active.
- Bob Vylan have been dropped by their talent agency, had US visas revoked and were removed from Gogol Bordello’s European tour.