[Keith]

Having been abroad for a few days last week it was interesting to watch a bit of BBC World News to see how/where the presentation differs from the UK.

For those not aware the back-half hours tended to go along the lines of...
- On screen caption "After the headlines", with the name of the programme being shown listed below.
- Short version of news ident
- Headlines given by presenter
- News sting
- Caption displaying programme category (e.g. 'Business') with the programme name below, accompanied by a continuity announcement to introduce the programme.

With this in mind it does make me wonder whether post-merger in the UK for the back-half hours on weekdays whether they could essentially do...
- Version of news ident long enough for international versions to insert their 'after the headlines' caption.
- Headlines given by presenter
- News sting
Then returning to the news presenter for news in the UK for the remaining 25-ish minutes.

That way it would at least allow for more UK related stories to be featured, which might not necessarily have featured in the first half hour or headlines. Arguably the ad-break point in the front half-hour could also be used for a quick roundup of UK specific headlines.