BYFORD MAKES EARLY RUNNING IN FIGHT FOR SUCCESSION

BBC World Service chief executive Mark Byford has emerged as the bookies' early 'steamer' in the race to succeed Sir John Birt as the corporation's director general, according to Ladbrokes.A flurry

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