[DTV]

Since yesterday morning, the News Channel has been leading with and heavily dominated by the latest energy price cap announcement. This is of no relevance to anyone internationally. It's not even relevant to people within the UK in Northern Ireland!!!

So how on earth is this newly merged, World dominated channel going to manage a news story like this, that is of key importance and hugely significant to British viewers, but of no interest and significance at all outside of Britain?

Exactly! There's no way of working around these kinds of major day-to-day political stories. Looks ridiculous to an international audience if it dominates, looks ridiculous to a domestic audience if it doesn't. And a hodge-podge half-and-half job doesn't suit either audience either - particularly not in mid-afternoon which is Asia peak.

While I've always been very clear about protecting World being the financially sensible thing to do, the BBC will surely have to realise that some degree of separation is the only politically and editorially sensible thing to do - and, as Newsroom suggests, I think the news agenda this winter will do a good job of proving it. As I've previously pointed out, there are so many ways they can maintain several hours of UK-only output during daytime hours, even within their proposed levels of cuts - I just hope that they choose at least one of them.