[Kojak]

Who did the budget coverage earlier?

Tom Bradby.

It does seem the fallout from Mark Austin being ousted off News at Ten still lingers with Mary not doing News at Ten and Julie and Tom never doing the Evening News.

I still think that was terribly handled. Of course most of us here don't know what went on behind the scenes - but it seemed so much like everyone was shunted to make way for Tom. I don't see why they couldn't have just had Mark do the single-headed News at Ten, with Julie filling in. (AIUI it was a case of her wanting to work fewer hours, rather than any sort of falling out of favour.) I do think Tom has improved dramatically as a presenter since he started, but then I suppose most people get better at their job when they've been doing it for seven years! I think he's generally pretty watchable these days, though I do prefer it when Julie is on.