Michael Lyons(Irish politician)

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No further discipline for Ross over prank
LONDON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- BBC Trust Chairman Michael Lyons says no further action should be taken against British radio and TV presenter Jonathan Ross for a prank that went too far.
CHICAGO, June 25 (UPI) -- Rising fares and added fees have not put a stop to routine operational problems at U.S. airlines, passengers said.
GLASGOW, Scotland, May 3 (UPI) -- A Scottish car dealer and another man were sentenced to at least 35 years in prison for killing a young man at a Glasgow garage and wounding two others.
LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- A review of talent costs has been ordered in response to TV star Jonathan Ross's hefty salary for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards show.
LONDON, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The head of the BBC Trust said he is concerned about the soaring salaries the corporation is paying some of its high-profile presenters, the Telegraph said.
LONDON, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- An open letter to the BBC trust chair, Michael Lyons, will argue the BBC should appoint a language director to monitor grammatical mistakes.
LONDON, Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Budget cuts may threaten more than 500 jobs with BBC News, but England’s top-paid personalities won't be socked in the paycheck.
LONDON, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A bipartisan committee of British lawmakers is calling on the government to give local authorities the power to raise extra business taxes to fund projects.
LONDON, April 5 (UPI) -- Michael Lyons, a council executive and academician, has been named chairman of the BBC Trust, replacing Michael Grade, who resigned last year.
LONDON, June 13 (UPI) -- An expert on local government, reviewing local council taxation in Britain, proposes charging by the bag for trash collection.
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telegraph.co.uk at 16 Jul 2009 05:07 pm
Hunting the people who run the BBC has long been a favoured recreation for Tory MPs but to chase Sir Michael Lyons is a bit like picking on a blameless domestic pet.
telegraph.co.uk at 14 Jul 2009 03:53 pm
Sir Michael Lyons the chairman of the BBC Trust has laid himself open to accusations of hypocrisy after his remuneration package rose by 30 per cent to £213000 last year...
telegraph.co.uk at 13 Jul 2009 03:57 pm
How much should we pay the people who lead the BBC?
telegraph.co.uk at 19 May 2009 02:02 pm
Any spare money paid for the BBC licence fee should be returned to the public rather than used to bail out Channel 4 as this would be "wrong in principle" according to the...
telegraph.co.uk at 18 May 2009 12:53 pm
Sir Michael Lyons the chairman of the BBC Trust has warned the BBC would be left a "pale and weak shadow" of its current self if the licence fee is amended or abolished.
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