BBC to axe sports bulletins on its news channel

Cuts are part of plan to save £500m and lose as many as 2,000 staff by 2028

The BBC is to axe sports bulletins on its news channel and make more senior journalists redundant, as the corporation begins to unveil a series of painful cost-saving measures.

Lunchtime and overnight bulletins that currently appear on the BBC News channel will no longer be shown, according to internal announcements made to staff.