Kevin Bakhurst to leave BBC News

Deputy Head of BBC Newsroom Kevin Bakhurst is leaving to join RTE.
The controller of BBC News Channel will join Irish broadcaster RTE as managing director for news and current affairs.
Noel Curran, RTE Director General has said Bakhurst has “huge and varied experience”, with Bakhurst adding it’s an “amazing opportunity”.
Joining the BBC in 1989, Kevin joined as a producer in the BBC Business and Economics Unit. Through the 90s he worked as producer and editor on the main national bulletins. BBC News at Ten and BBC News Channels have also won awards under his reign for coverage of major world events.