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It seems that we've seen the last of the 'full-fat' breaking news lower-thirds, with two lines of text, and with the small, flashing white-backed 'BREAKING' tag to the right of the BBC News logo - i.e. this version: 

With the decision to ditch the second descriptive line of text on all lower-thirds, the breaking news version now just scrolls endlessly between all-caps large Reith Bold 'BREAKING' and the mixed-case Reith Serif headline.

I assume the decision to drop the second line of text is a consequence of the leaner staffing operation for the new combined channel............

None of this is an improvement, for anybody. All of this is worse than what came before.

See my post from earlier..........rather than ranting about how awful things are now, and about how deep the staff cuts have become - which is clearly now affecting on-screen presentation & output, people should be asking themselves why things have become this bad, and my post from earlier explains the why and how BBC News is now in the position it's in.

I'm well aware of why things have become this bad, and why and how BBC News is now in the position it's in. Believe it or not, you are not the only person who understands the complexities of the situation. 

And this... this is going to blow your mind: it's entirely possible to be fully aware of all the hows and whys, and still be capable of ranting about how awful things are now, and about how deep the staff cuts have become, and about what a wretched mess all of that is translating to on screen. 

I did see your post earlier. I chose to add my own observations. 

Enjoy.