BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage.
The service maintains 45 foreign news bureaux and has correspondents in almost every country. James Harding, a former editor of The Times newspaper, was named on 16 April 2013 as Director of News and Current Affairs.
