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• 28.03.17: Today, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust is publishing its final assessment of the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s performance during 2016/17 (Welsh version) for the period to December 31 2016...

• 17.03.17: Today, the Trust has published a finding by the Editorial Standards Committee about an edition of Allan Beswick’s Late Night Phone-In on Wednesday 1 March 2017...

• 15.03.17: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on 14 December 2016 have been published today...

• 14.03.17: Today, the Trust publishes an update from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Executive on its use of statistics in journalism, following a report commissioned by the Trust...

• 08.03.17: Speech by Rona Fairhead, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman, to the Oxford Media Convention 2017

• 23.02.17: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 01.02.17: The National Audit Office’s value for money review on TV licence fee collection has been published this morning...

• 18.01.17: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published Trustees' individual expenses from April to September 2016, as well as the Trustees' hospitality register for the same period...

• 09.01.17: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published a change to ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 1’s service licence which enables the closure of the Newsbeat app and for Newsbeat’s website content to be integrated into ´óÏó´«Ã½ News online...

• 20.12.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has approved plans to turn the production arm ´óÏó´«Ã½ Studios into a commercial subsidiary, with a series of recommendations to strengthen its future regulation and governance...

• 15.12.16: Today, the Government published the final ´óÏó´«Ã½ Charter and Agreement...

• 07.12.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on Thursday 20 October have been published today...

• 06.12.16: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said: "In February this year, Dame Janet Smith exposed shocking and appalling events stretching over several decades, which raised serious issues to be addressed today...

• 30.11.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published the Complaints and Appeals Board bulletin from its September meeting...

• 24.11.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published new research from Cardiff University which confirms that the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s network coverage of news from Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales has made progress since an initial study undertaken in 2008...

• 10.11.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on Monday 26 September have been published today...

• 27.10.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 26.10.16: This morning the Government has announced that Sonita Alleyne CBE, Bill Matthews and Aideen McGinley have been extended as Trustees for a further six months...

• 10.10.16: Transactions between the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s commercial services and licence fee-funded services are being conducted fairly, in line with rules preventing market distortion, and with fair prices being paid, an independent review commissioned by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has found...

• 29.09.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 23.09.16: The Trust has this afternoon published the outcome of the above Editorial Standards Committee appeal...

• 16.09.16: A consultation on the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s detailed plans to turn its production arm ´óÏó´«Ã½ Studios into a commercial subsidiary, has been launched by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust today...

• 15.09.16: Today the Government has published the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s draft Charter and Agreement...

• 14.09.16: The Government have informed the ´óÏó´«Ã½ that it will run a new process to appoint the first Chair of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Board for a four year term...

• 07.09.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead has written to S4C Authority Chairman Huw Jones today, confirming that S4C’s funding will be fixed at its current level of £74.5m until the end of the current licence fee agreement in 2022...

• 17.08.16: A review published today by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has found that ´óÏó´«Ã½ services in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are vital to audiences in providing news and other core public service programming...

• 17.08.16: A review published today by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has found that the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Northern Ireland news and radio services are performing strongly, underpinned by the huge popularity of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Ulster/Foyle, but that audiences want ´óÏó´«Ã½ News NI to better reflect Northern Ireland as it is today...

• 17.08.16: A review published today by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has found that while most viewers in Scotland are happy with the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s current network and nations’ news and current affairs programming offer, in some areas it is not fully meeting expectations...

• 17.08.16: Today the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has published a service review of ´óÏó´«Ã½ services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The review found that ´óÏó´«Ã½ performance in Wales is strong with reach levels and perceptions often above the UK average but also highlighted that services made in and for Wales face challenges...

• 10.08.16: ´óÏó´«Ã½ News has a strong record in its reporting of statistics, but needs to boost its efforts to help audiences understand the facts and figures they see and hear every day, an independent report commissioned by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has concluded...

• 09.08.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on Thursday 16 June have been published today...

• 14.07.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 14.07.16: It has been a year of strong performance for ´óÏó´«Ã½ Northern Ireland across both local and UK-wide programmes, new data from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Annual Report shows, with audience reach and approval ratings for TV above the UK average...

• 12.07.16: In a year when its future has been widely debated, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ maintained near-universal reach – a remarkable performance given the proliferation of other media, devices and platforms competing for the attention of the audience, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said today, launching the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Annual Report and Accounts for 2015/16...

• 12.07.16: A year of strong Scottish drama bolstered the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s work to reflect contemporary Scottish life and culture both in Scotland and across the UK in 2015/16, according to the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Annual Report and Accounts published today along with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Audience Council Scotland Annual Review...

• 12.07.16: Audiences in Wales rate the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s quality and distinctiveness higher than any other audience in the UK’s nations, according to figures published alongside the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Annual Report and Accounts today...

• 12.07.16: Mae cynulleidfaoedd yng Nghymru wedi rhoi sgôr uwch i ansawdd a chynnwys unigryw y ´óÏó´«Ã½ nag unrhyw gynulleidfa yng ngwledydd eraill y DU, yn ôl ffigurau a gyhoeddwyd gydag Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon y ´óÏó´«Ã½ heddiw...

• 07.07.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on Thursday 19 May have been published today...

• 30.06.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee reports on serious editorial breaches in ´óÏó´«Ã½ programmes and content reported to the Committee by the ´óÏó´«Ã½...

• 29.06.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published Trustees' individual expenses from October 2015 to March 2016, as well as the Trustees' hospitality register for the same period...

• 28.06.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service has used savings generated since 2010 to invest in new digital and television services, and has successfully reduced its expenditure at a lower cost than expected, according to todays’ report from the National Audit Office...

• 17.06.16: S4C has announced today that its programming will remain on ´óÏó´«Ã½ iPlayer, approved by the Trust following a successful 18-month pilot...

• 16.06.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 11.06.16: Speech by Rona Fairhead, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman, to the National Federation of Women's Institutes 2016 Annual Meeting...

• 09.06.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meetings held on 19 April 2016 and 11 May 2016 have been published today...

• 12.05.16: Today, the Government has published its White Paper on the ´óÏó´«Ã½. Speaking on behalf of all Trustees, Chairman Rona Fairhead said...

• 12.05.16: Following publication today of the Government’s White Paper on Charter Review, in which it was confirmed that the current Chair of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust will continue as Chair of the ´óÏó´«Ã½ through to the end of the current term (October 2018), Chairman Rona Fairhead said...

• 10.05.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on 16 and 17 March have been published today...

• 10.05.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust’s Complaints and Appeals Board considers appeals relating to all matters other than editorial standards, including fair trading complaints, general complaints and Television Licensing complaints...

• 10.05.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ has improved oversight of its portfolio of critical projects, following the serious shortcomings that the National Audit Office identified in the oversight and delivery of its Digital Media Initiative (DMI) project...

• 28.04.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 28.04.16: Blog from Trustee Sonita Alleyne following publication by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ of its strategy on diversity and inclusion...

• 18.04.16: At the start of February 2016, the Trust received an application from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Executive to remove restrictions prohibiting Freesat from offering pay sports services delivered via the internet...

• 07.04.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on 23 February 2016 have been published today...

• 31.03.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 15.03.16: The Trust has published its conclusions following an evaluation by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ of the processes for handling conflicts of interest for senior managers...

• 11.03.16: The Trust has approved final ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Election Guidelines for elections taking place in May 2016, following an eight week public consultation...

• 10.03.16: The Trust has today published the allocation criteria for official campaign broadcasts which will be shown on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ ahead of the EU Referendum in June 2016...

• 09.03.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published the conclusions of its review of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Local Radio and local news and current affairs in England...

• 08.03.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management...

• 02.03.16: Speech by Rona Fairhead, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman, to the 2016 Oxford Media Convention...

• 01.03.16: Following the Government’s publication of the outcome of its ´óÏó´«Ã½ Charter Review Public Consultation today, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has issued the following statement...

• 01.03.16: Following publication today of Sir David Clementi’s review of the governance and regulation of the ´óÏó´«Ã½, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said...

• 25.02.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published in full the report by Dame Janet Smith DBE of her inquiry into the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s culture and practices during the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall years...

• 18.02.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Editorial Standards Committee bulletin from its December 2015 and January 2016 meetings is now available...

• 18.02.16: Following a public consultation last year, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published the final set of guidelines which will assist ´óÏó´«Ã½ journalists and content producers reporting on the European Union membership referendum.

• 17.02.16: Welsh language channel S4C will receive £74.5m funding from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ in 2017/18, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust confirmed today in a letter from Chairman Rona Fairhead to the S4C Authority Chair Huw Jones.

• 17.02.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee considered an appeal by the Green Party of England and Wales against the decision by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Executive not to allocate it party political broadcasts in England in Spring 2016.

• 11.02.16: The Trust has today published final allocation criteria which will be used by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Executive to decide which political parties (or potentially in the case of mayoral elections individual candidates) will be eligible for a Party Election Broadcast on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ ahead of the following elections due to take place on 5 May 2016...

• 11.02.16: Fair trading rules are working well, but can be made more transparent and put under greater independent oversight, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has found...

• 11.02.16: Following the publication today of a report looking at ´óÏó´«Ã½ Charter Review by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, a Trust spokesperson said...

• 10.02.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s plans to turn in-house TV production into a commercial venture as ´óÏó´«Ã½ Studios would bring potential benefits to audiences but need significant further scrutiny, the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust says today...

• 08.02.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meeting held on Thursday 17 December have been published today...

• 04.02.16: Letter from Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead to John Whittingdale, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport...

• 04.02.16: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has published its work plan for 2016, setting out its priorities and key areas of work until the end of the current Charter period on 31 December 2016...

• 03.02.16: The Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee acts as the final arbiter of appeals if complainants are unhappy with the way their initial complaints have been dealt with by ´óÏó´«Ã½ management. The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Editorial Standards Committee bulletin from its November and December meetings is now available...

• 26.01.15: The ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust has today published Trustees' individual expenses from April to September 2015, as well as the Trustees' hospitality register for the same period...

• 21.01.16: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said: "The review deals with very troubling issues and we are grateful to all those affected who have had the courage to speak to Dame Janet Smith. Our thoughts are with them...

• 19.01.16: A proper process for setting the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s funding should be built into the new Charter for the first time, the Trust argues today...

• 14.01.16: Minutes from the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust meetings held on Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 November and Thursday 3 December have been published today...

• 13.01.16: The views of 11, 583 people who responded to a public consultation on the ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s proposals for its future have been published today by the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Trust...