Mediagazer: BBC turmoil worsens as Helen Boaden and Stephen Mitchell hire lawyers to deny they willingly ‘stepped aside’ (Gordon Rayner/Telegraph)

3:40 PM ET, November 12, 2012

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Gordon Rayner / Telegraph: BBC turmoil worsens as Helen Boaden and Stephen Mitchell hire lawyers to deny they willingly ‘stepped aside’

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