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Manager in charge of the news division, jonathan munro, the interim director of bbc news. thank you for coming on as was. 0n merging the news channels, surely uk licence fee players —— has need a focused news service, how do you do that if you are serving a world audience at the same time? we are making _ audience at the same time? - are making sure that the vp is get the service they need, covering the uk annie wells. what we are doing, socially, in these proposals are taking two separate news channels who already have quite a lot of shared output, especially around certain times of the d...

Mason, the BB's political correspondent and host of Radio 4's Any Questions? show, was given the biggest brief in journalism yesterday after a long hunt for Laura Kuenssberg's successor.

ANY QUESTIONS host Chris Mason will replace Laura Kuenssberg as the BBC’s political editor, the broadcaster has announced.

He will take up the role in May.

Mason, the presenter of Radio 4's Any Questions?, was tipped to be the favourite to replace Laura Kuenssberg following reports BBC bosses were unhappy with the all-female shortlist.