UK News 16-09-2003 who: Greg Dyke, BBC director general what: Says he handled Kelly affair badly where: The High Court, LONDON when: Yesterday snippet: Mr Dyke admitted that for weeks he didn`t know the facts surrounding Andrew Gilligan`s controversial May 29th broadcast on Radio 4`s Today programme, explains The Scotsman. But he repeatedly accused the prime minister`s outgoing press chief Alastair Campbell "of using Mr Gilligan`s report as a means of `settling old scores` with the BBC". Also at yesterday`s session, Sir Richard Dearlove, chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, gave evidence via an anonymous voice link. He accused the government of putting undue emphasis on the so-called "45-minute claim". [... more]

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