[MFTJA]

Funny to think how NE&C viewers have now had a taste of what regional news with an NBH-B style set looks like, before going back to the N6 style set that has occupied the Newcastle studio for 94,000 years until such a time as an LED set gets rolled-out to Newcastle (which may be many weeks/months away yet).

I do wonder whether Newcastle will opt for the desk or sofa version of the set. IIRC, way back at the start of the rollout someone mentioned the regions were asked to choose what variant they would like. The fact that Newcastle have stuck with a desk as their primary presentation area since the set was installed back in 09/10 makes me think they'll be inclined to continue using one when they finally get a new set. 

The Newcastle studio is so huge that it could easily house both a desk and a sofa (as they have presently). Part of me thinks that when they have their new set installed, they'll keep the TC7 style soft area just to have an extra presentational space.