BBC News: Presenters, correspondent & rotas

It’s not a new breakfast show - they’re replacing the existing presenters on the current breakfast programme.

Doesn't that make it 'new'? 🤔

Putting new seat covers on my old Ford Cortina doesn’t make the Cortina new........so to speak.

Well yes, fair point. Perhaps it's a case of Trigger's Broom?

What are you getting at, Dave?

John Pienaar gone leaving for Times Radio- a new Dept Pol Ed for the BBC will be needed - a role for Norman Smith the current Asst Pol Ed?

Vicki Young would be good too.

Not really.

The format isn’t changing nor is the name of the programme.

It’s just getting two new presenters added to the team - two other presenters are leaving but some existing ones are being retained.

That seems a slightly odd career move. Maybe he wants to be closer to home?

Looking at Rico's Twitter, he has not tweeted since February 11th, 2-days before it was suggested he's leaving, and I have not seen him on air since then. Any news on where he's going?

World: Philippa Thomas is ending her one-year full time at the helm of Impact and will return to her previous role of Roving Anchor, Friday Impact presenter and Weekend News presenter (the latter being a role she does one weekend per month).

All of the above confirmed by Philippa herself on Social Media.

I guess that signals the return of Yalda Hakim to Impact.

It would seem the article was wrong:

Rico, Mickey & I all leaving #wakeuptomoney https://t.co/HPuc5DlSR1

— Louise Cooper CFA (@Louiseaileen70) February 24, 2020