One in six jobs to go as BBC cuts 450 staff from regional programmes
Well-known local presenters to lose jobs and concerns raised about news quality
The BBC is to make 450 staff working on its regional programmes in England redundant as part of cost-cutting measures which will see many well-known local television and radio presenters lose their jobs.
The corporation also announced Inside Out, the award-winning regional current affairs strand with 11 regional editions in England, would be axed despite a campaign by celebrities to save it.
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