[Keith]

Would it not make more sense for the morning to have a slightly larger UK focus for announcements and speeches, between 9 and 12 and then switch to the global focus at midday. After all the US are sleeping at this time and it's is late afternoon in the Far East so people will still be working.

I think there's certainly a case in the morning for reinstating programmes into the back half-hours for non-UK viewers, which used to occur pre-merger. They could even show the 'top stories' summaries for all viewers, before using a sting to enable the split.

This would then enable the UK to 'opt-out' of that programing, and instead have a UK focused bulletin. It would also avoid the need for an additional presenter, though presumably some additional gallery staff might be needed to handle the opt.

They might not be able to use this same option in the afternoons though, due to USA audiences being more awake. I seem to recall pre-merger (and Covid) there tended to be more rolling or branded news in the afternoon, rather than pre-recorded content.

The 'around the UK' break-filler is/was also rather weak. When I last saw it that consisted of one random regional piece. It would be more useful if they could have something akin to what Breakfast put out during the English regions news strikes. For instance, instead showing a piece where a reporter gives a roundup of news from the nations. Provided that was updated a few times during the day it wouldn't have to be live, and it would in my opinion be an improvement.