News presenter Joanna Gosling is to step down from her job at the BBC 23 years after joining the corporation.
In an article in the Mirror, Gosling, 51, confirmed that she was leaving the BBC and would present her final programme for the BBC on January 26. She said that she was 'proud of her career in news', but it came amid reports that part of the reason for her departure may have been that the BBC was running a series of "auditions" for news presenters in order to keep their jobs.
Along with two colleagues — David Eades and Tim Willcox — it was reported that she had decided to have take voluntary redundancy amid the corporation's plans to merge its international and UK news channels. Earlier this month, BBC News presenters were said to have been facing the axe and were being asked to prove their skills in a "screen test" to keep their jobs.
