Tim Davie insists he is still right person to lead BBC after series of scandals

Director general defence his performance after criticism from culture secretary over catastrophic failures'

Tim Davie has insisted he is still the right person to lead the BBC, after a succession of controversies that have led the culture secretary to accuse him of overseeing a series of catastrophic failures".

Davie has been under the most intense pressure of his five-year tenure as director general after incidents including the livestreaming of Bob Vylan's performance at the Glastonbury festival, as well as the broadcast of a Gaza documentary that breached the corporation's editorial guidelines.