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BBC to drop Coke sponsorship

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) says it will be removing the on-air credits given to Coca-Cola on their weekly music chart show which is broadcast on radio and TV. The decision follows pressure from health campaigners, who said that the deal would promote bad health in children, and from commercial radio stations which said it breached the BBC's rules on sponsorship.

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