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January 19, 2009

News bulletin cut as presenter runs out of breath

By hannah

BBC Three viewers were surprised to hear a series of pants and gasps as a breathless newsreader tried to deliver a bulletin, the Sun reports.

BBC Three’s 60 Seconds was cut short after Tasmin Lucia Khan was heard struggling to catch her breath and unable to continue with the news segments.

The BBC said she was out of breath from running to the studio after a mix-up made her late, and the bulletin was scrapped due to a ‘technical issue”

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