Newsnight to suspend investigations
The Director-General of the BBC has ordered the following actions:
- A senior news executive has been sent in to supervise tonight’s edition of Newsnight
- An apology will be carried in full on Newsnight tonight
- Ken MacQuarrie, Director BBC Scotland, will write an urgent report for the Director General covering what happened on this Newsnight investigation
- There will be an immediate pause in all Newsnight investigations to assess editorial robustness and supervision
- There will be an immediate suspension of all co-productions with the Bureau of Investigative Journalism across the BBC