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Axe BBC3, says Humphrys

John Humphrys today called on his bosses to dump BBC3 and BBC4 in an attempt to stop cuts to his own programme.

The veteran journalist, who has fronted Today for 20 years, said he was "massively concerned" at the prospect of damaging cuts in the flagship Radio 4 show.

He said: "We have already cut our budget by about 15 per cent and there are rumours that we might have to cut as much as another 20 per cent. We are then left with virtually no reporters.

"If continuing with BBC3 and BBC4... means that the price to pay is that there must be damaging cuts to core programmes, I don't believe that is a price worth paying."

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