BBC resignations are result of internal ‘coup’, says former Sun editor

<p>David Yelland says Tim Davie and Deborah Turness were undermined by people close to BBC board</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://xn--bbc%20chairman%20samir%20shah%20expected%20to%20apologise%20amid%20accusations%20of%20bias%20%20latest%20updates-hy95e/">BBC director general resigns – latest updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/09/tim-davie-expected-to-resign-bbc-director-general">resignations of the BBC’s director general and its head of news</a> over claims of bias were “a coup” orchestrated from the inside, a former newspaper editor has claimed.</p><p>David Yelland, who edited the Sun from 1998 to 2003, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Monday that the departures of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness followed the systematic undermining of them by people close to the BBC board over a lengthy period.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/10/bbc-resignations-internal-coup-says-former-sun-editor-david-yelland">Continue reading...</a>