Michael Grade emerges as favourite to become new Ofcom chair

Culture secretary Nadine Dorries is expected to decide who will oversee UK media regulator this week

Michael Grade has emerged as the favourite to become the next Ofcom chair, with the culture secretary expected to make a final decision this week on who will oversee the UK's media regulator.

Appointing the veteran media executive and Tory politician as boss of the organisation would end a chaotic and embarrassing appointment process. The search has taken almost two years as a result of a series of botched attempts to hand the role to former Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre.