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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Emma Graham-Harrison

Al Jazeera English announces plans to move from London’s Shard to Qatar

The Shard building
Al Jazeera English staff were told the broadcast centre in the Shard would close and that those producing live output would be offered jobs in Doha. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Al Jazeera English plans to close its live broadcast centre that operates from London’s Shard skyscraper and move programming to Qatar, with the possible loss of dozens of UK-based jobs.

In an email to staff, the network’s managing director, Giles Trendle, said Al Jazeera was “looking to undertake a restructure involving the move of AJE live programming to Doha. The move would include the news bulletins between 1900GMT and 2300GMT produced from London, and The Stream programme produced from Washington DC.”

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