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Having spoken to some of those presenters (and I can't be 100% sure it's the same in every region) the national work is usually on top of their regional work.

ITV has always been keen for their regional presenters to work as much of the week as possible (often 9 days across a fortnight).

Weekend presenter shifts have often been on top of that (so good money & opportunity) but when you add in the travelling it can be quite a big commitment and pretty gruelling if done for long periods.

I don't think national work would therefore be in any of the regional presenters contracts, but that doesn't mean it isn't mentioned as something that could potentially be possible during negotiations.

Obviously Gamal this week & Kylie separately must have been agreed to take time away from their usual gig as they were working during the week.