[dvboy]

BBC iPlayer schedules now displaying local news at 18:30 followed by the national news at 19:00.

Is this to ensure all regions can put a programme out because some staff may be on an overtime ban still?

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Guess they could shift the news back by half an hour, move The One Show to 19:30 and drop Beechgrove Garden on BBC Two (due to air at 19:30)?

I'd think it's almost guaranteed Murray won't be shifted off One at this point.

As it turns out, apart from having the national news after the regional news, this is exactly what has happened.

Beechgrove Garden will be on it's usual Sunday morning slot anyway. It doesn't always get the Friday evening one.