Staff working for the BBC’s regional services have voted overwhelmingly to strike in protest against the broadcaster’s planned cuts to local radio.
In a ballot with 1,000 journalists of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) who work across BBC Local on radio, regional TV and online, 83% voted for strike action, according to an NUJ statement.
They will walk out for 24 hours on March 15 – a crucial day in the public broadcaster’s calendar, as the planned date the British…
