BBC Stealing Money From the Children

It's not enough that the BBC lives on the taxpayer dole, but how low can they get when they're stealing money from the children?

The BBC was today forced to admit to another phone-in scandal in which £106,000 that should have gone to charity was in fact secretly banked by the corporation.

Viewers who called to take part in fundraising phone-ins but whose calls were made just after the lines had closed, were still charged for the call but a BBC subsidiary hung onto the money.

Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC trust, which uncovered the practise, said that this was "a serious failure". He added: "This did not help the BBC or the people we serve."

Sir Michael ordered the corporation to hand over the cash due to the charities with interest resulting in a payment of £123,000, and said that disciplinary action could follow.

That disciplinary action probably means BBC executives will be denied caviar for a day.