![]() ![]() Ofcom has previously indicated it is in the dark about the full scope of changes. BBC staff are concerned this UK opt-out service won’t be adequately resourced.Īhead of the changes, much of the News Channel’s UK-specific content has already been stripped out, with a sharp increase in international and pre-recorded content. However, BBC insiders told The Sunday Times last month that managers weren’t able to say how this would work. The new service is designed to be able to offer UK viewers a dedicated feed if there is a UK-specific breaking news story. This is expected to be largely limited to simulcasts of programmes on BBC One and BBC Two. The new BBC News channel will be a single news channel which will split into two feeds at certain times of the day to provide UK viewers with dedicated output. Joanna Gosling signed out the final time last week, thanking viewers for their kind messages. Moshiri is the stand-in presenter for Outside Source, The Context, Impact, Global and Newsday.Īhead of the announcement, existing BBC News presenters Joanna Gosling, David Eades and Tim Willcox announced their departure from the BBC. Maryam Moshiri was previously a BBC News Channel business presenter before switching to BBC World News. She currently presents ‘Live with Lucy Hockings’ on Monday-Thursday at 1100 UK on BBC World News. Lucy Hockings has been a presenter on BBC World/BBC World News since 2013. ![]() Yalda Hakim is currently seen on BBC World News presenting Impact, which broadcasts Monday-Thursday from 1300 UK. He has presented a number of other BBC News programmes, including the successful ‘Beyond 100 Days’ programme with Katty Kay. He’s known to UK viewers as a former BBC News 24 and Crimewatch presenter.Ĭhristian Fraser is anchor of The Context, the nightly news talk show at 2100 UK. Matthew Amroliwala is the current presenter of Global, which broadcasts on BBC World News from 1600 UK on weekdays. Presenters currently presenting rolling news on the UK focused service including Jane Hill, Martine Croxall and Annita McVeigh are nowhere to be seen in the list. Presenters were reportedly forced to reapply for their jobs, with candidates required to undertake screentesting. ![]() Matthew Amroliwala, Christian Fraser, Yalda Hakim, Lucy Hockings, and Maryam Moshiri will be chief presenters on the new BBC News service that replaces the current UK BBC News Channel and BBC World News in April. Opponents warn oil exploration would harm a pristine wilderness and endanger a key habitat for migratory birds, polar bears, caribou and other animals.Īlaska's worst-ever oil spill happened on 24 March 1989.News channel shake-up sees current World News presenters take key slots on the channel with viewer favourites from the current UK focused service shunted. Supporters of drilling in Alaska say it offers an alternative source of energy to the Middle East and so would improve national security. They also urged lawmakers to shelve a Republican-led project to allow drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). They said it was "a painful reminder of the reality of unchecked oil and gas development across Alaska's North Slope". It remains unclear when the leak started.Įnvironmentalists from Alaska Wilderness League said the spill was "a catastrophe for the environment". The source of the spill was a hole caused by internal corrosion in the pipeline, officials say. The spill covers about two acres (one hectare) of the snow-covered tundra in the sparsely populated region on Alaska's north coast, some 1,040km (650 miles) north of the state's biggest city, Anchorage. The estimate is based on a survey conducted several days ago at the site where the leak was discovered, officials say. ![]()
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