19-07-2021, 02:45 PM
steely12 post_id=28998 time= user_id=1199 Wrote:Is staff isolating the reason why we're getting BBC South East bulletins rather than BBC London bulletins today, or is this a long-term cost-cutting thing?Yes.
MrBiggieSMLZ post_id=29000 time= user_id=1110 Wrote:No.mccanmat post_id=28997 time= user_id=1107 Wrote:It seems they have reverted back to a south east led bulletin covering London- we had this for a while last year for lunchtimes. In one way in terms of business resilience it makes sense to have a backup.
Oh, boy. So is this gonna be permanent this time (we previously had these bulletins back in January for a while, and at times when BBC London was unavailable) from now on post-“freedom day”?
Too many journalists self isolating following pings, means they're concentrating resources on the 6.30 and 10.30 editions, and are temporarily not producing the Breakfast or lunchtime opts.