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• 28.03.17: Today, the Â鶹Éç Trust is publishing its final assessment of the Â鶹Éç’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 Â鶹Éç Trust meeting held on 14 December 2016 have been published today...

• 14.03.17: Today, the Trust publishes an update from the Â鶹Éç Executive on its use of statistics in journalism, following a report commissioned by the Trust...

• 08.03.17: Speech by Rona Fairhead, Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management...

• The Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has today published a change to Â鶹Éç Radio 1’s service licence which enables the closure of the Newsbeat app and for Newsbeat’s website content to be integrated into Â鶹Éç News online...

• 20.12.16: The Â鶹Éç Trust has approved plans to turn the production arm Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Charter and Agreement...

• 07.12.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç Trust meeting held on Thursday 20 October have been published today...

• 06.12.16: Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has today published the Complaints and Appeals Board bulletin from its September meeting...

• 24.11.16: The Â鶹Éç Trust has today published new research from Cardiff University which confirms that the Â鶹Éç’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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç’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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç’s detailed plans to turn its production arm Â鶹Éç Studios into a commercial subsidiary, has been launched by the Â鶹Éç Trust today...

• 15.09.16: Today the Government has published the Â鶹Éç’s draft Charter and Agreement...

• 14.09.16: The Government have informed the Â鶹Éç that it will run a new process to appoint the first Chair of the Â鶹Éç Board for a four year term...

• 07.09.16: The Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has found that Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has found that the Â鶹Éç’s Northern Ireland news and radio services are performing strongly, underpinned by the huge popularity of Â鶹Éç Radio Ulster/Foyle, but that audiences want Â鶹Éç News NI to better reflect Northern Ireland as it is today...

• 17.08.16: A review published today by the Â鶹Éç Trust has found that while most viewers in Scotland are happy with the Â鶹Éç’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 Â鶹Éç Trust has published a service review of Â鶹Éç services in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. The review found that Â鶹Éç 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: Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has concluded...

• 09.08.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management...

• 14.07.16: It has been a year of strong performance for Â鶹Éç Northern Ireland across both local and UK-wide programmes, new data from the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç maintained near-universal reach – a remarkable performance given the proliferation of other media, devices and platforms competing for the attention of the audience, Â鶹Éç Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said today, launching the Â鶹Éç Annual Report and Accounts for 2015/16...

• 12.07.16: A year of strong Scottish drama bolstered the Â鶹Éç’s work to reflect contemporary Scottish life and culture both in Scotland and across the UK in 2015/16, according to the Â鶹Éç Annual Report and Accounts published today along with the Â鶹Éç Audience Council Scotland Annual Review...

• 12.07.16: Audiences in Wales rate the Â鶹Éç’s quality and distinctiveness higher than any other audience in the UK’s nations, according to figures published alongside the Â鶹Éç Annual Report and Accounts today...

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

• 07.07.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç Trust meeting held on Thursday 19 May have been published today...

• 30.06.16: The Â鶹Éç Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee reports on serious editorial breaches in Â鶹Éç programmes and content reported to the Committee by the Â鶹Éç...

• 29.06.16: The Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management...

• 11.06.16: Speech by Rona Fairhead, Â鶹Éç Trust Chairman, to the National Federation of Women's Institutes 2016 Annual Meeting...

• 09.06.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç. 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 Â鶹Éç Trust will continue as Chair of the Â鶹Éç through to the end of the current term (October 2018), Chairman Rona Fairhead said...

• 10.05.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç Trust meeting held on 16 and 17 March have been published today...

• 10.05.16: The Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management...

• 28.04.16: Blog from Trustee Sonita Alleyne following publication by the Â鶹Éç of its strategy on diversity and inclusion...

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

• 07.04.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management...

• 15.03.16: The Trust has published its conclusions following an evaluation by the Â鶹Éç of the processes for handling conflicts of interest for senior managers...

• 11.03.16: The Trust has approved final Â鶹Éç’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 Â鶹Éç ahead of the EU Referendum in June 2016...

• 09.03.16: The Â鶹Éç Trust has today published the conclusions of its review of Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management...

• 02.03.16: Speech by Rona Fairhead, Â鶹Éç Trust Chairman, to the 2016 Oxford Media Convention...

• 01.03.16: Following the Government’s publication of the outcome of its Â鶹Éç Charter Review Public Consultation today, the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç, Â鶹Éç Trust Chairman Rona Fairhead said...

• 25.02.16: The Â鶹Éç Trust has today published in full the report by Dame Janet Smith DBE of her inquiry into the Â鶹Éç’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 Â鶹Éç management. The Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has today published the final set of guidelines which will assist Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç in 2017/18, the Â鶹Éç Trust confirmed today in a letter from Chairman Rona Fairhead to the S4C Authority Chair Huw Jones.

• 17.02.16: The Â鶹Éç Trust’s Editorial Standards Committee considered an appeal by the Green Party of England and Wales against the decision by the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç Trust has found...

• 11.02.16: Following the publication today of a report looking at Â鶹Éç Charter Review by the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, a Trust spokesperson said...

• 10.02.16: The Â鶹Éç’s plans to turn in-house TV production into a commercial venture as Â鶹Éç Studios would bring potential benefits to audiences but need significant further scrutiny, the Â鶹Éç Trust says today...

• 08.02.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç management. The Â鶹Éç Trust Editorial Standards Committee bulletin from its November and December meetings is now available...

• 26.01.15: The Â鶹Éç 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: Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç’s funding should be built into the new Charter for the first time, the Trust argues today...

• 14.01.16: Minutes from the Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç’s proposals for its future have been published today by the Â鶹Éç Trust...