Sir Cliff

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Sir Cliff Richard arrives at the Rolls Building in London, as a High Court judge is preparing to analyse evidence in his legal battle with the BBC. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire
BBC coverage of raid an ‘invasion of Cliff Richard’s privacy’
  • UK
  • April 12, 2018, 12:11

Sir Cliff Richard’s lawyers have told a High Court judge that BBC coverage of a raid on the singer’s home was a “very serious invasion” of privacy, an(...)

In 1998 transgender singer Dana International won the competition for Israel with her song ‘Diva’. Photograph: Peter Bischoff/Getty Images
Eurovision’s political scandals – From Franco to Syrian flags

Ukraine might be barred from the Eurovision if they proceed to ban Russian competitor Yulia Samoylova from performing. They’re doing so because she en(...)

Video grab of Sir Cliff Richard speaking to Susanna Reid on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, where he said there “must have been illegal collusion” behind events that culminated in a police raid of his home being broadcast live on BBC News. Photograph: ITV/PA Wire
Cliff Richard alleges collusion on broadcast of home raid
  • UK
  • June 22, 2016, 13:33

Sir Cliff Richard has said there “must have been illegal collusion” behind events that culminated in a police raid of his home being broadcast live on(...)

British singer Cliff Richard performing on stage in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The BBC and police have faced questions today about the reporting of a raid on his home in connection with an alleged historic sexual offence. Photograph: Ferdy Damman/EPA.
Police chief sorry if Cliff Richard found search ‘insensitive’
  • UK
  • September 2, 2014, 16:29

The chief constable of an English police force has apologised to pop star Sir Cliff Richard if the force was “insensitive” about the search of his hom(...)

Michael Parkinson: “I think the Cliff Richard case only highlights the feeling there is some kind of witch hunt going on.” Photograph: Brian J Ritchie/Rex Features
Parkinson criticises BBC handling of Cliff Richard search
  • UK
  • August 18, 2014, 01:00

Former BBC journalist Sir Michael Parkinson has described the corporation’s handling of the police investigation into singer Sir Cliff Richard as an “(...)

South Yorkshire Police today said it was searching a property in Sunningdale, Berkshire, in connection with an alleged sexual offence involving a boy under the age of 16 in the 1980s. The BBC reported the property is owned by Sir Cliff Richard. File photograph: David Davies/PA Wire
Cliff Richard: sex allegations are ‘completely false’
  • UK
  • August 14, 2014, 13:34

Pop veteran Sir Cliff Richard has dismissed a claim that he sexually assaulted a young boy in the 1980s as “completely false”.The star hit out as poli(...)