[Independent]

I have never understood why the local team here could not report on it. Surely the reasons of having teams based across the UK is that they are able to report on events on their patch. At a time that the bbc is making huge cuts across news, how can it justify wasting money on paying a reporter to travel to Norfolk, accommodation and other expenses when they have a great team in Norwich. A local team know the area better.

In Canada, where the media sector is essentially bankrupt, that is what's normally done. Local reporters do lives on the news channels and often file packages for the main national newscasts when the regional correspondent isn't available. But it could also be because of geography. The UK is small enough that they can drive easily to other locations whereas that's not possible in Canada.