[Mike]

It seems surprising that as a one off they can't come up with some way for the Breakfast studio to cover NWT if there are problems (and sufficient notice)

Is there the appetite for it though? We've seen most other regions lose an opt or so, but realistically for the sake of a few 90 second and one 180 second bulletin it's hardly worth the time getting the scripts loaded into the main programme's autocue, running order etc. If it's known about ahead of time, just get CCM to route a nearby region into the failed region (NWT in this case) and have the neighbouring region give apologies as we saw through Covid with the buddy arrangements, or in the early 2000s when MHS failed and London were treated to Sharuna Sagar and Midlands Today.