S4C chair tells UK government he will not stand for second term

Rhodri Williams was accused by MPs last week of acting as ‘judge, jury and executioner’ in the sacking of two senior executives. Photograph: S4C

The senior leaders of the Welsh-language broadcaster will be replaced after a year-long crisis, after the chair said he would not stand for a second term.

Rhodri Williams has written to the UK government asking not to be considered for the position as chair of S4C when his tenure runs out at the end of March, despite telling MPs last week that he thought he should remain in the job.