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One thing that's quickly becoming evident in this new merged channel is that there is no room - understandably - for so much of the smaller bits of UK news that were prevalent on the former BBC News Channel. When watching the NC during the day, it was commonplace to get breaking news alerts for UK stories that often wouldn't even be significant enough to warrant a breaking news alert on the app.

This is sought of why I thought a dedicated hourly UK news segment would be a sensible idea. While there are certainly some types of UK story that can be integrated into the main body of a hybrid domestic-international bulletin, there are some, like the ones you list, that just can't, or at least not in a way that doesn't lead to a bit of a worthiness whiplash. As with business and sport, if you have a demarked segment, you cover a good few of these types of stories in a bit of depth without suggesting they are the main news.