Lady Leshurr looks the picture of happiness as she heads to work at BBC Radio 1Xtra

She had a busy year in 2020, participating in the annual series of Dancing On Ice. And Lady Leshurr proved her hectic work schedule is still going strong on Saturday as she arrived at the Broadcasting House in London to appear on Radio 1Xtra.  The rapper, 32, headed inside the BBC headquarters to join Radio 1’s … Read more

BBC ‘can’t push black people’s issues under the rug any more’, says ex-Radio 1xtra DJ Sideman

The BBC cannot push issues around race ‘under the rug’ for any longer, according to a radio DJ who quit the corporation over the use of the N-word in a news report. Sideman, real name David Whitely, said the corporation should improve diversity among senior managers and introduce training for its employees on race. The … Read more

BBC caught up in N-word row as 1Xtra presenter Sideman dramatically quits the broadcaster

BBC 1Xtra presenter Sideman has quit today after the broadcaster defended its decision to air footage of a white person using the N-word. The presenter said he ‘can’t look the other way’ after BBC social affairs correspondent Fiona Lamdin repeated the word in a report on a racially motivated hit-and-run attack. The presenter, whose real name is … Read more