VIRTUE-SIGNALLING BBC & THE CLIMATE SCOLD

   Sarah Sands, editor of BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, admits it ‘felt awkward’ putting a tv presenter on a return flight to Sweden to meet climate activist Greta Thunberg.

   Thunberg, the 16-year-old campaigner, who was a guest editor on a special edition of the show, avoids air travel because of its environmental impact.

   Programme editor Sarah Sands told the Sunday Times: “We did discuss that among ourselves. It felt awkward but we did not have the time for trains or boats.”