The BBC has announced plans to cut 450 jobs, drastically depleting its repertoire of English regional TV news and current affairs, local radio and online news programmes. Of the 20 presenters involved in regional TV bulletins, broadcast at 6:30 pm, seven will have to go. Some local radio shows are also to be terminated. Inside Out, which covered 11 regions, is to be replaced by a new investigative journalism programme, which will only have six regional editions. The new TV show will feature a single 30-minute investigation per episode, and will be made in London, Newcastle, Leeds, Birmingham, Bristol and Norwich. Weekly current affairs programmes, therefore, will no longer be made...
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