BBC chief's ex runs 'media consultancy' paid thousands by the Corporation - just like current husband
BBC1 Controller Jay Hunt was engulfed in new controversy last night after it was revealed the Corporation paid her first husband for media consultancy work. GR Media was set up in 2006 – when Ms Hunt was in another senior BBC post – and won a lucrative contract only months later.
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The stand-in PM told the world she was ‘working like a pit pony’ but it would appear her work rate was more like a semi-retired pit pony.
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Mass brawl between right-wing group 'linked to BNP' and anti-fascists as race riots spill onto streets of Birmingham
Police arrested 33 people during a city centre clash between anti-fascists and protesters against Islamic fundamentalism. There were noisy and angry scenes when union flag-waving demonstrators with the English and Welsh Defence League and Casuals United came into contact with Unite Against Fascism marchers in Birmingham yesterday evening.
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