[Ben Shatliff]

I watched the start of GMB one morning last week (think it was Wednesday) and noticed that they've stopped having the newsreader do the first half hour on their own. When did this happen? (I don't normally watch GMB, or any breakfast show for that matter, so am not up on their presentational niceties. Could have happened many months ago for all I know.)

It’s been like that since Jan! They changed it again for some reason. Will probably change again come next month, GMB do like messing around with the format every few months it seems ;-)

They initially scrapped the Newsreader doing the first half during the First Lockdown then reverted back again. I thought due to restrictions it was brought back to the main Presenters and stayed like that ever since. 

I prefer this format to be honest.