[Keith]

Interesting bit from the Telegraph on plans for UK only content till 6PM, undoing the meger in effect

Unfortunately the MSN link isn't exteenal

So here's the Telegraph [paywall]

www.telegraph.co.uk 

Small fair use extract: "Under plans being drawn up, the news channel will focus on UK current affairs from 9am to 6pm rather than offering a global perspective at all times.

The combined output, which covers both domestic and world news, will be relegated to evenings and overnight.

A BBC spokesman insisted the changes were only temporary in the run-up to the general election."

Presumably saying that it's "only temporary" due to the general election is a way of the BBC having to admit to making at least a partial a u-turn. Hopefully in six months time they'll quietly make it permanent.

I'm assuming that 9am to 9.30am won't just be a simulcast of Breakfast. I wonder if Politics Live will also get simulcast, as it currently does on Wednesdays. Then there's also the News at One, which is due to become an hour long in the near future.

So potentially in the near future on weekday we could get...
- 9am to 12.15pm: BBC News UK Opt
- 12.15 to 1pm: Politics Live (BBC Two simulcast)
- 1 to 2 pm: BBC News at One (BBC One simulcast + sport during regional news)
- 2 to 6pm: BBC News UK Opt

Evenings and overnights on a weekday were shared pre-merger, so makes sense to keep that the same. I'm guessing that weekends will also be shared, rather than getting UK opt-outs.