With bosses at the BBC prioritising social media platforms over radio, things feel apocalyptic at the broadcaster’s flagship news show – especially given the lack of diversity. Is this it?For Radio 4’s Today programme, last...
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Read MoreThe presenter on a Strictly apology, her high-wire triumph, and flashing her knickers at David CameronBorn in Cumbria, Helen Skelton, 42, began her broadcasting career at BBC Radio Cumbria and Newsround. From 2008 to 2013, she...
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