8pm BBC News summary axed

It had already been cut to three days a week.

Now it’s going completely.
Last ever 8pm bulletin will be Wednesday 30th May.

Any news on what will the bulletin be replaced for?

They must have stopped wanting to attract younger non traditional viewers to BBC news output now then

Or decided it doesn’t work.

I’ve never been clear on how it’s that different to regular BBC News stuff anyway, it seems to just be shorter - it’s not like 60 Seconds.

Does this mean The One Show will start on time now instead of two minutes early?

Will this have any impact on the exact timings/duration for the BBC One 6pm news hour as a whole, and/or The One Show?

My understanding has always been that when the 90 second updates were introduced, they took 90 seconds off the true total duration of the Six + regional news so that the overall news minutage across primetime was in fact the same as before. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Does the early start for The One Show pre-date the 90 second news update? I always thought that it was more to do with avoiding losing viewers to Emmerdale?

The soundtrack to the bulletin sounds like something from CBeebies.

It's the only bit of 2006-era BBC One branding that still exists. It's the soundtrack of the Windows ident as well as the circles slide.

This is how it first started 10 years ago as a trial in the West Midlands only.

Is there still a preview to the News at Ten O Clock at around 9pm?

Huh, wonder why. Always thought it was quite a handy update and a way to get the BBC News brand to a large audience. Guess everyone's on their phones these days.

The launch thread: https://tvforum.uk/thenewsroom/bbc-news-8pm-90-seconds-slot-25623/

It at least answers this question I posted last month...

Hardly surprising, has felt like it was being made with no budget and little motivation since Ellie Crisell moved over to South East Today.