[steve]

Are other regions now getting more generic announcements into the bulletins without the name checks. I don't catch them too often but the twice this week I have seen them in the North West we've had announcements along the lines of "In half an hour North West Tonight but now the BBC News at Ten", even though tonight it was Clive and Roger on duty so hosts they certainly have announcements for.

I think this is mainly because North West Today/Tonight is coming from a very temporary set up at the moment - the gallery being used for the main programmes is basically the short bulletin gallery in the newsroom and it's proving quite difficult to manage on air with sound and sources frequently going slightly wonky. Suspect the playing of different presenter combinations is just something that's being dropped for ease atm.