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The BBC has revealed its top-earning stars across the financial year, with Match of the Day star Gary Lineker topping the list yet again.
The broadcaster divided their list into sections including sports presenters, newsreaders and radio stars.
Its findings were published today as part of the corporation's annual report, as required by the government.
Presenters Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce and Sophie Raworth raked in the highest salaries for the newsreaders this year.
Huw, who was previously praised for his coverage of the late Queen Elizabeth II's death, is the highest paid news anchor, earning between £435,000-£439,999 in the last fiancial year.
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Last year, Hugh fronted rolling coverage of Queen Elizabeth's death for around six hours as he announced the news to the world and continued to lead the coverage into the evening as tributes flooded in.
Viewers even called for him to receive a knighthood over his coverage of her death.
Fiona Bruce takes home almost £400k (Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Huw Edwards is the top earner for newsreaders (Dave Benett/Getty Images)"People who have spent a lifetime giving time to deserving causes... don't get anything," he previously said of the knighthood wishes. "So, although I don't mean it disrespectfully, the idea of a knighthood embarrasses me."
Huw has been part of the BBC for many decades along with Fiona - who joined the corporation in the late 80s,
Fellow newsreader Fiona, who presents Question Time, takes home a whopping £395,000 - £399,999 while Sophie Raworth earns £365,000 - £369,999.
Other high-earning newsreaders include Amol Rajan, Mishal Husain, and George Alagiah - who all earn over £300,000.
BBC Breakfast presenters Charlie Stayt, Jon Kay and Sally Nugent all earn close to £200,000.
Unsurprisingly, sports presenter Gary came out on top with his seven-figure salary of £1.35million.
BBC's full list of top-earning newsreaders
- Huw Edwards - £435,000-£439,999
- Fiona Bruce - £395,000-£399,999
- Sophie Raworth - £365,000-£369,999
- Amol Rajan - £335,000-£339,999
George Alagiah- £335,000-£339,999
- Mishal Husain - £315,000-£319,999
Laura Kuenssberg - £305,000-£309,999
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Victoria Derbyshire - £295,000-£299,999
Clive Myrie - £285,000-£289,999
Justin Webb - £280,000-£284,999
Evan Davis - £280,000-£284,999
Kirsty Wark - £280,000-£284,999
Nick Robinson - £275,000-£279,999
Ros Atkins - £260,000 - £264,999
Martha Kearney £260,000-£264,999
Sarah Montague - £245,000-£249,999
- Faisal Islam - £230,000 - £234,999
- Jeremy Bowen - £230,000 - £234,999
- Katya Adler - £225,000 - £229,999
- Chris Mason £223,000 - £229,999
- Sarah Smith - £220,000-£224,999
- Fergal Keane -£215,000-£219,999
Reeta Chakrabarti - £215,000-£219,999
- Simon Jack - £210,000-£214,999
- Lyse Doucet - £205,000-£209,999
- Mark Easton - £195,000-£199,999
- Jonny Dymond - £195,000-£199,999
- Charlie Stayt - £190,000-£194,999
- Stephen Sackur - £190,000-£194,999
- Jon Kay - £185,000-£189,999
- Sally Nugent - £178,000-£184,999
- Yalda Hakim - £178,000-£184,999
- Matthew Amroliwala - £178,000-£184,999
- Orla Guerin - £178,000-£184,999
- John Simpson - £178,000-£184,999