Related: BBC dealt another blow after losing control of TV rights for Olympics It’s a great shame that the BBC will no longer control the rights to the Olympics now that US group Discovery has signed a £920m exclusive pan-European deal. What we showed in 2012 is that sport can bring the UK together like nothing else, and public service, free to air television is essential to doing that. By owning all the rights, we were also able to sharpen the BBC’s reputation for innovation. That’s Read more [...]

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By Paul Kelso, Sports Correspondent The BBC has lost control of the rights to the Olympic Games after the International Olympic Committee sealed a £920m pan-European deal with Discovery, the US broadcaster that owns Eurosport. Discovery will take control of the UK rights from 2022, as the BBC has already secured exclusive rights to the 2016, 2018 and 2020 Games. The Read more [...]

He pointed out that in interview Wood claims Jordan was stabbed three times to the front of his chest in the region of the heart, apparently at a time he was lying on his back on the mattress.There were no stab wounds to Jordan’s chest, with the fatal stab wound inflicted on his back. Mr Cummings is now taking the jury forward to the end of February. Mr Cummings said on January 5 a blood stained pair of shorts were found under a bed at Wood’s address in Elephant Lane, Thatto Heath, Read more [...]