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I just checked Sky News' website and the Schofield story is their current breaking news splash. I checked the i, and the story is one of their 7 non lead featured stories when you open their website. Even The Times are featuring it as one of their leading stories. I struggle to see how it is "not actually particularly newsworthy" when many of the BBCs competitors are also prominently featuring this story. This is a story UK viewers will expect to hear about and one which the channel should feature, even if international viewers might not really know much about it.

Just because competitors are leading with a story doesn't mean the BBC should - none of the competitors you've listed have public service obligations and none of them are especially international-facing, as per the BBC News channel. You're sort of right to say that striking the right balance can be difficult, but that just isn't the case here. This just isn't a newsworthy story - some people may be interested, but that is true of lots of things that shouldn't get top-billing on the news - fundamentally, it is a story that doesn't actually matter, even really domestically. If you can make a case for it, then I'm all ears - but I'm yet to see an even vaguely plausible justification for why it matters so much that it should get top-spot on a part-international news channel.