BBC axes Radio 4's The World Tonight after 50 years as part of £500m cost-cutting drive
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Michael Savage
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BBC Radio 4's long-running evening news programme "The World Tonight" is being axed after more than 50 years as part of the corporation's cost-cutting drive. The cuts are expected to eliminate up to 2,000 jobs (including compulsory redundancies) and save £500 million over three years. This is part of a first round of sweeping cuts that will also put entire BBC channels and radio stations under review, with other shows also facing the axe.
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· 3 pulledBBC Radio 4's The World Tonight is to be axed after more than 50 years, as part of a first round of sweeping cuts
Its closure emerged as BBC departments began announcing savings, designed to axe as many as 2,000 jobs – with some compulsory redundancies – and trim £500m across the next three years
The 45-minute news programme, broadcast every weekday evening on Radio 4, is one of the first victims of a savings drive that will also put entire BBC channels and radio stations under review
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