[interestednovice]

The idea that Tim Davie micro manages stuff like this is ridiculous

I think he does, actually, as the nations and regions decisions are taken to be strategic. At the very least, it would come from “the top” of BBC News and Turness would have to sign it off. I would expect it to have been run by him, even then.

After all, we know he was in Washington to oversee rehearsals of the new BBC NC overnights. It’s exactly the sort of thing he does micromanage.