Staff at the BBC's Nottingham centre will strike for 48 hours this week over plans which a union says will 'leave a lasting impact on local radio'. Well-known presenters, including BBC Radio Nottingham's Mark Dennison, have announced they are leaving the corporation amid controversial plans for its radio stations across the country.
The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) says current plans would see BBC Radio Nottingham's afternoon show coming from Leicester in the week and being shared with Derby. The union also says weekend programming would be either regional or national, excluding news bulletins and sports coverage.
BBC staff first walked out in March over the plans, before calling off a planned strike last month whilst fresh proposals were considered. The NUJ said the revised plans would have removed the redundancy risk from 300 journalists and three extra pairs of weekend breakfast shows would have been provided, but these plans were rejected by its members.
