BBC kills off iPlayer radio app and replaces it with BBC Sounds

The BBC is to close its iPlayer radio app this month and replace it with the unpopular BBC Sounds, prompting an outcry from listeners.

Users of the iPlayer service have begun receiving messages informing them that the service is ending.

BBC Sounds has attracted thousands of complaints since its launch last year from listeners who say it is “user hostile” and difficult to navigate, and news of the iPlayer close led to more complaints on social media.