'WASTE of money' Fury as police drive BBC's Fiona Bruce to WORK
THE BBC has sparked outrage after News at 6 editor Mark Easton and presenter Fiona Bruce were driven by the police so they were not late to work.
BBC’s Fiona Bruce presents News at Six from Millbank
A technical glitch hit the BBC which put a halt to their live coverage, so Mr Easton and Ms Bruce were forced to race across London to a backup studio to present the news.
But they were stuck in traffic due to a woman’s pensions demonstration in Westminster.
Mr Easton first posted a picture of himself and Ms Bruce in the back of a taxi heading for Millbank Studio at around 5.20pm, saying traffic was “awful” because of a demonstration taking place.
But around nine minutes later he posted again, saying: “Now in a police car being escorted through the demo.
“BBC News is at stake!”
Minutes later he posted again saying that “policeman Josh saved the day” and they would make it to work.
The BBC said in a statement: “We’ve had technical problems at our HQ this afternoon and will be broadcasting the News At Six from our Millbank studio. Engineers are working hard to resolve the issue fully.”
But the tweets sparked a furious backlash.
Chief Political Correspondent and Assistant Editor of The Daily Telegraph, Christopher Hope, said: “Why not get a Tube like everyone else?
“Why are the police driving BBC journalists around London?”
Members of the public also blasted the pair on social media.
Ian Steven said: “Pretty sure that is a massive waste of police resources.”
Lauren Alder added: “Should journalists really be embedded with state security forces when covering a 'demo’?”
Richard Bentall blasted: “The BBC is now the official government propaganda arm.”
And commenting on the original post, Janet Kearns quipped: “Don’t tell Andrew Adonis he will somehow make it the fault of Brexit.”
But others did not seem to be outraged and many commented saying they were “relieved” the pair made it.
Billy Tweddell said: “Just waiting for the first person to moan about a waste of police resources!”
The studio in Millbank was unaffected by the technical glitch which affected OpenMedia, which is a new computer system being rolled out across BBC News outlets.
At around 3pm, the broadcaster was forced to run recorded programming on its live news channels.
Express.co.uk contacted the Metropolitan Police for comment.