[interestednovice]

I guess it'll be two presenters who do 2/3 days a week each and if they're normally based in London will stay in Salford on days they work. I'm sure some of the Breakfast presenters do that (could be wrong)?

So the public will be paying for train tickets and the MediaCity Travelodge, once again.

Meanwhile an almost-new studio in London, where those presenters are normally based, and equipped with advanced robotic cameras at massive cost so it can be staffed with a minimal number of technical people to get on air (and is therefore cheap to run, but required huge up-front investment) sits idle.

The average Joe Public notices no difference in output, but it has cost more to produce. The studio in Salford, while good for Breakfast and Sportday, is also still inferior to NBH B in terms of flexibility and space.

It is madness, and unjustifiable in every way.

What is this “anywhere but NBH” attitude that seems to have recently taken hold at the BBC?

What other organisation would spend over £1 billion pounds on a new global headquarters and then deliberately avoid using it at every turn?