BBC Radio 4 newsreader Rory Morrison has died at the age of 48, the corporation has said.

Morrison, who joined the BBC in 1990, had been diagnosed with a rare type of lymphoma in 2004.

He worked at several local radio stations – including BBC Radio Leeds, BBC Radio York and BBC Radio Cleveland – before joining the British Forces Broadcasting Service and then Radio 4 as a continuity announcer and newsreader.