A FORMER Telegraph & Argus journalist has been appointed to the new BBC board.
Ian Hargreaves was a reporter, feature writer and editor at the T&A and its sister paper the Keighley News.
Mr Hargreaves, who is also former editor of the Independent and New Statesman, is joined by Paralympic gold-medal winner Tanni Grey-Thompson and Tate Modern director Nicholas Serota. The Board will replace the two-tier structure of the BBC Trust and BBC Executive Board as the corporation’s governing body from April 3.
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