Plymouth's Civic Centre is to be transformed into a four star hotel with commanding views of the city and its stunning waterfront as part of an exciting development that Plymouth City Council say will create hundreds of jobs.
Tired offices will be turned into a prestige hotel which will form the anchor development in a project that will seal the West End of Plymouth's role as a...
For the first time ever, the tent welcomes a baker’s dozen to do baking battle. Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins coax them through their baking trials, all the while under the scrutiny of the judges Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood. But with 13 bakers, at any time Mary and Paul may decide to lose not one but two bakers. This year, nobody is safe.
In a special live broadcast, the BBC today announced that the role of The Doctor in its 50-year-old flagship Saturday night sci-fi show Doctor Who would next be played by Peter Capaldi.
Amid much hype and speculation, Peter Capaldi was unveiled as the next Doctor during a special live television event on BBC ONE on Sunday evening (4 August).
The BBC and BT Sport have secured a four-year shared rights deal that will see both broadcasters become home to The FA Cup from 2014.
The Football Association, marking its 150th anniversary this year, confirmed the deal in a joint announcement at Wembley Stadium on Wednesday. It will see the return of the most romantic club competition in world football free to view on BBC One and on...
The BBC has published figures today (Tuesday 16 July) revealing the cost of its inquiries relating to the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal are likely to exceed £5m of licence payers money.
The BBC spent a total of £2.4m on The Pollard Review, the inquiry led by the former Sky News boss Nick Pollard. Two further inquiries have increased the sum to £4.9m up to 31 March 2013 with final...
The BBC is determined to learn the lessons from a year of "incredible highs" and some "desperate lows", BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten pledged today.
Launching the BBC's Annual Report and Accounts for 2012/13 with Director-General Tony Hall, Lord Patten highlighted the success of the BBC's Olympics coverage which it says "surpassed all expectations", with 2,500 hours of television...
The ever popular Celebrity MasterChef returns to prime time BBC One this summer with a fresh batch of well-known faces from the fields of sport, music and show business battling to take the title of Celebrity MasterChef 2013.
John Torode and Gregg Wallace once again put the celebrities’ palates to the test when they must make it through six formidable challenges over two days, to prove...
The BBC has announced that Matt Smith is to leave Doctor Who after four incredible years on the hit BBC One show.
Matt first stepped into the TARDIS in 2010 and will leave the role at the end of this year after starring in the unmissable 50th Anniversary in November and regenerating in the Christmas Special.
During his time as the Doctor, Matt has reached over 30 million unique...
Today, in his first day in the job, Tony Hall, the new Director-General of the BBC, set out the "next chapter" for the BBC, telling staff that he believed "with imagination and hard work, the BBC's best days lie ahead of us.”
In an email to all staff, he outlined a number of questions he believes the BBC needs to address over the coming months. He told staff that he wants to listen to...
