BBC News presenters will have to fight to save their jobs in screen tests as 14 hosts face getting the boot. More than a dozen presenters could lose their positions due to a rebrand which will see BBC News and BBC World News channels merged, reports say.
Household names such as Ben Brown, Joanna Gosling and Martine Croxall could be affected. The move means there will be no dedicated domestic news service for viewers in the UK from the spring.
According to the i newspaper, there will be just five presenting positions on the BBC News Channel under the plans and current hosts asked to undergo a studio-based “practical test” lasting 40 minutes.
Those who fail to impress could face being sacked. Read More on the BBCWELCOME BACK BBC Breakfast viewers all say the same thing as Sally Nugent returns to show vicious valley Happy Valley fans all say the same thing as BBC drama returns after 7 years Brown, 62, joined the broadcaster in 1988 while Gosling, 51, has been a BBC presenter for 23 years and Croxall, 53, for more than 30 years.
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