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GOING SOUTH
The wild slashing of BBC services goes far beyond the axing of the BBC Scotland channel and DIY SOS, with the World Service taking a severe hit.

GREY AREAS
BBC bosses might have had an eye on future cuts when they asked regulator Ofcom to change the Beeb’s operating licence last year.

OPEN DAWES
Ofcom’s CEO has admitted that the over-burdened regulator “simply cannot do what I think the public would like to be done”.

A DYING ART
Cuts to the V&A Academy’s expert courses, workshops and talks for adult learners are on the way, despite high student numbers.

RACKET TENSION
An MP who spoke out against the addiction referral industry is being paid by one of the organisations favoured by those racketeering brokers.

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