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It is not a good sign for the BBC to lose at least 2 of it's well known news presenters in a space of a few days. To the uncertainty of Huw not coming back at all due to his allegations being reported in the British media some weeks back, to then lose George to cancer on Monday.

And now with Yalda going to Sky News. It is a huge body blow for people who work within the BBC News department to take in all of that pain within a short space of time. I don't even know how BBC News can recover from this period of stagnation of experience from within it's news organisation. There is still a lot of talent that still work with the BBC News department at the moment which is great to see at the moment. But how long will that last? Could the remainder of all that talent last through the remainder of this calendar year?

Who knows. It is a really tough question to get answered in full at the moment. All of those 3 presenters being lost by the BBC have a huge wealth of journalism experience behind them. All of that valuable experience has been snuffed out beyond the BBC's control.

Although some of this pain being inflicted right now by the BBC is solely their own fault. They were largely responsible for merging their 2 news channels into one service due to a lack of licence fee funding coming in from the British government. The BBC clearly had no choice but to make sacrifices whenever it was deemed necessary. It has not been to observe these developments as a viewer. The presenters that have been lost from the news channel cuts so far have been tough to observe on screen. If they do come back on our screens very soon. It will be a relief to see them back on air. But how they will do that now or in the future is anyone's guess.

They are coming back into a workplace environment that is now been seen as very unstable. The morale of their workplace so far has been subjected to major all time lows. Job security at BBC News is not a guarantee this time round. Their jobs now have to rely through the world of profit as opposed to complying with the remit of being in public service. A lot of their valued colleagues are now being lost to other news organisations which has been a very painful experience for staff who, for the majority of their time, work behind the scenes. 

If any sort of miracle is incoming for BBC News through a major rethink of licence fee funding in the near future. It has to happen soon whenever the next GE takes place in the UK. BBC News is a critical and valued news service that is there for the UK public. If the polls suggest Keir Starmer to be the next PM to move into No.10; could his government commit to a new licence fee settlement so it can continue to support the BBC in the near future?

Unfortunately this is a question that (at least some of it) needs answering sooner rather than later including getting the lost presenters back on air as surely benching them for this long (nearly 4 months and counting) is against employment laws.