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Regarding the news channel, it doesn’t really help that 3 of their 5 chief presenters are currently either out of action (which I know can’t be helped), or working abroad, with another one who doesn’t even have a fixed slot, making it look as though Matthew Amroliwala is the only one who turns up on a regular basis, with every other programme being filled by freelancers, reporters and producers!

This. If it is the case that Sally Bundock is remaining in the 5am slot permanently it is absolutely baffling why she rather than Maryam Moshiri wasn’t named as the 5th chief presenter. Also makes absolutely no sense that Ben Thompson sometimes presents the main news and world business report on the same day and sometimes does not and that when he does it’s sometimes in a slot that is within the business hours and is sometimes not. If it is possible for him to do so surely this should be happening every day (albeit not necessarily Ben) in order to cheaply fill a slot.