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World Service comes under BBC funding and control

Today is a historic moment in the 82-year history of the BBC World Service, it will no longer be funded by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but from the BBC licence fee

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BBC’s global news audience hits record figures

Figures show the broadcaster’s international audience has grown by seven per cent in past year, with the Arab uprising playing an important part

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