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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Tom Murray

BBC correspondent quits role weeks after apologising for family’s slave history

D Dipasupil/Getty Images for Physicians for Human Rights

BBC World News anchor Laura Trevelyan announced her resignation on Tuesday (14 March) weeks after apologising for her family’s historic role in the slave trade.

The aristocratic Trevelyan family owned more than 1,000 slaves in Grenada in the 19th century.

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