BBC: We got it wrong

The BBC has launched a major investigation after the corporation was forced to admit yesterday that it had broadcast programmes presented by Eamonn Holmes, Richard Bacon, Natasha Kaplinsky, Rosie Millard and Donal McIntyre. Director-General Mark Thompson admitted that viewers had every right to be angry. "I am appalled at these serious lapses," he said. "These unspeakable, vacuous, bumptious people have cast a shadow over the integrity of the BBC. And don't get me started on that gurning twat from Ready Steady Cook."

Millions duped by "fixed" competition

There was anger this morning as a BBC investigation revealed that the contest for the Labour Party leadership has been fixed. Former cabinet ministers have spent hundreds of pounds in phone calls to David Miliband in an attempt to persuade him to enter the competition but the BBC probe shows that the winner was picked in advance. Caller Charles Clarke says he is appalled by the revelations. "I have been calling David every morning for weeks - seems I was wasting my money."