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Title: Tusa Protests to Patten
Post by Administrator on Feb 16^th, 2012, 11:32pm

John Tusa protests to Lord Patten over BBC World Service 'retiree snub'.

Former World Service managing director John Tusa has turned down an invitation to a party being hosted by BBC Trust chairman Chris Patten to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the international broadcaster and its departure from its Bush House London headquarters in protest at retired staff being excluded.

The full story (by Tara Conlan) from the Guardian is here.