BBC plans to drop afternoon Newsround as children go online

Resources to be redeployed at non-TV viewers after ratings for CBBC and CBeebies tumble

Children’s news programme Newsround is set to lose its afternoon programme after nearly 50 years of broadcasting, as CBBC viewing figures plunge.

In proposals submitted to Ofcom, the BBC announced plans to cut the amount of news shown on CBBC, BBC’s dedicated children’s channel, from 85 to 35 hours per year.

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