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BBC News broadcast its first radio bulletin on the 14th of November 1922, from radio station 2LO. The bulletin was sourced from wire services including Reuters, Press Association, Exchange Telegraph and Central News.
BBC News employs over 5,500 journalists across its output and maintains more than 50 foreign news bureaus, where more than 250 foreign correspondents are stationed. The organisation generates around 120 hours of radio and television output each day.
BBC News is headquartered in Broadcasting House in Portland Place, central London, which houses the largest live newsroom in Europe. All news operations moved there between August 2012 and March 2013, when the final domestic bulletins transferred on the 18th of March 2013.
The Hutton Inquiry followed the death of government scientist David Kelly, who was identified as the source for Andrew Gilligan's BBC report alleging the government had exaggerated Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Lord Hutton's report on the 28th of January 2004 found Gilligan's accusation "unfounded" and BBC editorial processes "defective," leading to the resignations of chairman Gavyn Davies, Director General Greg Dyke, and Gilligan.
As of 2024, the BBC reaches an average of 450 million people per week worldwide, with the BBC World Service accounting for 320 million of those. India has the largest number of people using BBC services in any single country.
BBC News Online launched in November 1997. By April 2021, it recorded 1.2 billion website visits in a single month and is used by 60% of UK internet users for news. In October 2019, BBC News Online also launched a mirror on the Tor anonymity network to help users in censored countries access the service.