HEART radio staff face redundancy because of a national restructuring initiative by the station.

Its Cowley office is to close, with Heart programmes set to be broadcast from another office in Reading.

The radio station refused to disclose how many staff were affected but said the office in Pony Road would close within months.

A spokesman for Global Radio, which runs Heart, said: “Inevitably there will be some redundancies but there will be a minimal loss of permanent roles.”