Ministers Oust Burns As Channel 4 Chairman

The chairman of Channel 4 is to step down after ministers overruled a recommendation by the media regulator that he stay on to steer the state-owned broadcaster through next year's crucial BBC Charter Review. Sky News can exclusively reveal that the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has in recent days rejected a suggestion from Ofcom that Lord Burns should be granted a year-long extension to his tenure. The news comes just days after a confidential document was photographed outlinin