Outgoing BBC Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness have both tendered their resignations, with Davie explicitly citing the current febrile-or feverish and highly contentious-media environment as a key factor.
Their departure follows intense political pressure stemming from various fronts, demonstrating the relentless nature of leading the publicly funded broadcaster.
The immediate trigger for the resignations was a controversy involving a misleadingly edited clip of a 2024 documentary about President Donald Trump .