Submitted on Tuesday 21st June 2016
Rejected on Tuesday 28th June 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
BBC should apologise to Cliff Richard for broadcasting live raid on his property
The BBC broadcast live, a raid on Cliff Richard's property, by Yorkshire police, because of false allegations of child sex abuse. Without Cliff even knowing. The first he knew of it was seeing it live on his TV whilst away. Since then Cliff has been found completely innocent of all charges.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
A decision to issue an apology would be the responsibility of the BBC. The BBC is an independent body governed by a Royal Charter. Under the terms of that Charter, the BBC is operationally and editorially independent of government and there is no provision for the government to intervene in the day-to-day running of the BBC.
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