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Director-general of BBC quits

By Hasan Suroor

LONDON, JAN. 29. There was more turmoil at the British Broadcasting Corporation today as its director-general, Greg Dyke, resigned, less than 24 hours after its chairman, Gavyn Davis, quit following the publication of the Hutton inquiry report, which sharply criticised the corporation for broadcasting "unfounded" and "grave" allegations against the Tony Blair Government in the run-up to the Iraq war last year.

Mr. Dyke had apparently resigned last night, but the formal announcement was made today after a full meeting of the board of governors as the BBC struggled to cope with the damaging fallout of the Hutton report.

The acting chairman, Lord Ryder, offered "unreserved" apology for "errors" the BBC might have made in handling the story that lay at the heart of the Kelly affair — an unscripted broadcast by its defence correspondent, Andrew Gilligan, on Radio 4 on May 29 last year accusing the Government of "sexing up" the threat from Iraq.

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