BBC pays £185k to Lord McAlpine
LORD McAlpine, pictured above, will receive a payment of £185,000 after a settlement was reached with the BBC over false claims made in a Newsnight report, his lawyers have confirmed.
The terms of the agreement will be announced in court in a few days' time, according to RMPI LLP, the solicitors to the former Conservative Party treasurer.
Lord McAlpine said: "I am delighted to have reached a quick and early settlement with the BBC. I have been conscious that any settlement will be paid by the licence fee-payers, and have taken that into account in reaching agreement with the BBC.
ITV's director of television has admitted Phillip Schofield was "wrong" in confronting David Cameron with a list of alleged paedophiles on live TV, adding that the action was misguided".
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In an interview on ITV News, Peter Fincham said that he would be responding to letters from Lord McAlpine and Tory MP John Whittingdale "very quickly".
TV regulator Ofcom has received 415 complaints about last week's incident and has launched an investigation into it.
Victoria Pendleton is getting back in the saddle by riding a flying bike for her routine on this weekend's Strictly Come Dancing.
The retired Olympic gold medal-winning cyclist will arrive on the dancefloor pedalling a BMX suspended by wires when the programme comes from Wembley Arena on Saturday.
To complete the look from her Team GB days she will be wearing a red, white and blue outfit as she performs in front of a live audience of 6,000 fans on the BBC1 show.
Comments
by PaintaDecor8r
Saturday, November 17 2012, 1:56AM
“This puffed-up porcine ponse has got his snout well in the trough. These days i wouldnt be surprised if it was a scam, he probably went to school with the judge!
Stinks of more traitorism”
by JMonners
Friday, November 16 2012, 9:51PM
“ERRR the BBC licence payers have paid him £185000, i.e the public again who are paying more money into a rich man's coffers”
by timplymouth
Friday, November 16 2012, 9:14PM
“Loss of future earnings from his tarnished reputation? Legal expenses? To be honest, if I were him I'd want enough money to emigrate.”
by coolswampy
Friday, November 16 2012, 8:57PM
“I can understand Lord McAlpine being hurt by the allegations made against him. His name was never mentioned in any bbc dispatches. What I cannot understand is how demanding a big bundle of bank notes from the bbc will cure his hurt feelings. Whatever happened to the days when a grovelling apology was sufficient.”