In a speech last night, Lord Hall unveiled a Populus poll that showed that 95 per cent of the public were in favour of written news on the BBC website. He added: “Even when presented with both sides of the arguments – the assertion that it can make it harder for newspapers and their websites to attract readers and therefore the revenues they need - the overwhelming majority – 77 per cent – support the BBC continuing to provide this. Just 6 per cent oppose it. There is room for both the BBC and newspapers.”