The BBC Trust has approved plans to axe BBC Three as a television channel and move it wholly online as the Corporation looks to save £100 million a year.
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The redesign will see the original Gothic masthead restored, alongside a number of new features from the likes of Allison Pearson, Bryony Gordon, Lisa Armstrong, Judith Woods and James Le Fanu.
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