BBC slashes popular TV and radio shows – with hundreds of jobs also axed in huge cuts

• The BBC has announced a savings plan for its news services, aiming to cut costs by £160 million.
• The budget cuts will result in 550 job losses in BBC News, TV, and radio, alongside 700 corporate role reductions.
• Six shows on BBC Radio 4, including The World Tonight and the Midnight News, are being cancelled.
• BBC One will no longer broadcast a Sunday morning edition of BBC Breakfast from September, with the BBC News Channel simulcast instead.
• The Today programme on Radio 4 will reduce its permanent presenters from five to four, and only one anchor will present on Saturdays.

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BBC to axe Radio 4 Today host and reduce BBC Breakfast in huge cuts