[Rolling News]

For perhaps the first time since the merger, between 9am and 1pm there was a proper four hours of UK-only, non-simulcast content on the news channel in the UK. Despite being presented from the single locked off position on the balcony and lacking some of the finesse that the old news channel had, it was a far superior product to what the new, combined channel frequently offers.

There was good rolling coverage of events in Nottingham, with a reporter on the ground anchoring much of the coverage of that story, plus excerpts from two separate Select Committees, PMQs (without taking a single second of Politics Live’s coverage!) and some statements in the House of Commons after too. It wasn’t perfect - apart from a brief sting at the 9am TOTH there were no headlines, titles, breaks for the weather etc, and it felt like they lingered on some of the select committee coverage for a bit too long. But it did feel much more like the news channel of old, and it’s shame that that’s such a rarity.

Possibly the first time since before Covid we've had 4 hours of UK rolling news between 9-1am on a weekday. Heck, probably even the first time since before the Victoria Derbyshire show launched in 2015.

[Chud]

We will probably have another 9-1 UK opt tomorrow for the privileges committee report.

[Radio_man]

Possibly the first time since before Covid we've had 4 hours of UK rolling news between 9-1am on a weekday. Heck, probably even the first time since before the Victoria Derbyshire show launched in 2015.

Not quite. Before March, if the 10-11am hour on the News Channel was going to be specifically UK focussed, World News would stay separate and have another World bulletin 10-10:30am and a back half hour filler program 10:30-11am.

[ginnyfan]

I'm enjoying Yalda's coverage from Kiev this week, showing us the everyday life, from the city streets to today's reports from the very deep metro.

[UTVLifer]

By far, Yalda's best work is always when she's on location or when she's got a great in-depth interview that she's able to go to town on

[scottishtv]

It doesn't matter if it's interesting - it's not a news story and certainly not the most important thing happening

This was a special report on the BBC News at Ten. Looked and felt like a news story to me, and it's certainly not uncommon for longer-length special reports to feature on the same bulletin. It was also used to point viewers towards an investigative programme on iPlayer (which I would've missed entirely if I hadn't seen it on the Ten).

[DTV]

This was a special report on the BBC News at Ten. Looked and felt like a news story to me, and it's certainly not uncommon for longer-length special reports to feature on the same bulletin. It was also used to point viewers towards an investigative programme on iPlayer (which I would've missed entirely if I hadn't seen it on the Ten).

Why do people keep reacting like I said they shouldn't have done the investigation/made the report? I was just saying that I can't see how it is justified to be given the Grade A* story treatment on the BBC News website when it, a current affairs investigation, is very much not of the calibre of the lstories that have previously been given such a priority - which has largely been limited to major UK political stories, UK/US elections, Covid regulations, terrorist attacks and the early days of the War in Ukraine.

To me, it just smacks of the growing trend of BBC News overpromoting certain interviews/features they've made. I would draw a straight line between them using push notifications to advertise magazine stories to the Musk or Schofield interviews being given top billing to this. The BBC News frontpage should be what the main news stories are in the world right now, not a shop window for which BBC News products they want to push.

[scottishtv]

Critics of BBC News often remark that it tends to follow a news agenda set by the newspapers, where findings of a different outlet's investigation can end up in or leading the news.

I quite like it when the BBC tries to set the agenda occasionally, especially when drawing peoples' attention to important news stories in other countries. If that means them giving the story top billing for a few hours, then so be it.

Just my view, of course.

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A shame -- given the effort that went into writing and designing the North Korea long-form article -- that no-one bothered to properly format the branded header. 

The BBC News favicon is also missing on the browser tab when viewing this page. 

*sigh*

[simon]

All of which could of course be solved with a closing sting for the national bulletin, even if that only plays out in the London area.   I've never been convinced by the argument viewers will turn off if they play a 7-10 second burst of the pips, especially considering the regional news often outrates the national bulletin.

At the very least London could play their titles prior to the headlines.

But the purpose of holding on that final shot shot is to give the regions a chance to opt out cleanly, while also providing a sustaining feed for any regions that fail to opt for whatever reason.

Your suggestion would require you to wait for a similar amount of time before playing the sting in, or playing the sting to just the London region - but then what do you do for regions that fail to opt?

I don't think the pause is that big an issue to be honest. I'd much rather have it and have the local presenters pick up directly from the national pres.