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So: I’ve held back all day on the basis of this is day one for colleagues and, y’know, nothing is ever perfect on day one.

I was intrigued, let’s call it that, at how report ‘lite’ various different hours were. It certainly added a punchy-ness and felt more of a rolling type of operation. That said, I do wonder how long this can be kept up and not impact the overall output.

Presentationally, it’s a bit of a dog’s dinner. It feels like various titles were being trialled. Not exactly a finished product. I have to say as well, those Chief Presenter promos — whilst maybe going for the informal, chuckles approach — were repeatedly described as ‘smug’ today. The context, of course, is that various people didn’t get the role and hearing the first one talk about the importance of Prince Philip’s funeral felt a little close to the bone given the sensitivities.

That said, I see no problem with the balance of global and local (although those regional reports need properly slicing). The UK News opt (albeit with lots of advance warning) worked well.