News programme broadcast every weekday evening is one of first victims of corporation’s drive to cut £500m in costs BBC Radio 4’s The World Tonight is to be axed after more than 50 years, as part of a first round of sweeping cuts that will result in other shows being cut and the departure of hund...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jun/17/bbc-boss-compulsory-redundancies-cuts)