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I also think what was the point of the massive move to new broadcasting house. Maybe I’m missing something but in my head I accept that it’s where the news comes from unless there is a major story which warrants it coming from somewhere else but even then I don’t always see the need.

Well the BBC does have form on this kind of grand new start that gets undone relatively quickly. I mean, NBH itself was commissioned just three years after the News Centre at TVC had opened - the prior attempt to bring news into all one place (which itself was a replacement for a planned NBH-style News Centre at White City). And, of course, the original plans for NBH predate the Salford plans, so presumably Breakfast, Sport news and 5Live were all originally destined for W1A too.But the directive to bring all of news together then gets superseded by concerns of being too London-centric, and so some things are moved outside of your single, central newsroom - of course, a lot of specialist news teams have already been moved away.

While I suppose it might seem a bit counter-intuitive, it's ultimately not such an issue these days as communication between locations is much easier and, increasingly, regional centres are being brought up to higher technical standards. Having everything in one place is no longer entirely necessary and the small hiccups are nothing compared to, as you say, easily ticking a box. Plus, to be honest, I'd rather News met their out-of-London targets through permanently moving a bulletin to a proper set than their current occasional and random tours of empty parts of other BBC buildings.