BBC News - General

No you're not but and it's already been mentioned somewhere and I'm sure Nicky remembers it.

I don't believe UK Today on N24 ever included actual opts out to the regions. In fact, as I recall, and as StuartPlymouth mentioned a couple of pages back, UK Today was the sustaining feed for regional programming on digital versions of BBC One and BBC Two, back in the day when there were no/limited regional opt outs for the Nations and Regions.

Rather than show Newsroom South East/ BBC LDN as the digital network feed for those regions unable to opt out to show their own regional news programme, the BBC created UK Today. During simulcasts of Breakfast, UK Today would also be shown during opt-out points on News 24.

Part of the N24 set was actually used for UK Today bulletins. In fact, here's a familiar face (in a very blurry capture!) presenting UK Today many a year ago:

http://www.nickyschiller.co.uk/NickyUKToday.jpg

and for those too young/foolish to remember it, here's a still from the programmes titles:

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/3/31/BBC_UK_Today.jpg

and if you're really thirsting for some nostalgia, clicky clicky for the full title sequence in all its Lambie-Nairn glory.

UK Today started way back in the Flag's era of News 24. It was originally on from 18:00-19:00 only on News 24. When Sky Digi launched it was then carried on BBC One England on Sky (as there was initially no regional England on Sky) and acted as the Network sustaining feed for any region which failed to opt etc. Occasionally UK Today couldn't broadcast for various reasons so we got a very long trailer telling us about what UK Today was (think it was Martine Croxall who did the trailer). However UK Today actually started to get in the way of News 24 as on several occasions on BBC One England on Sky we just ended up getting News 24 rolling news if some major story had broke. After a while UK Today moved into N6 (National News Studio) using a CSO opposite the main news set and was presented as a seperate entity for BBC One England on Sky only (but was still the network fall back). Finally when all regions launched on Sky it was no longer required and vanished into the history books. BBC London is now the network fall back.

if any of this is slightly incorrect i apolgise but it has been a few years now. Im sure Noggin will fill in any blanks.

Huw Edwards has popped up in the Algrave on N24 just now.

Is he there to present bulletins tonight, or just for the interview he has conducted with Robert Murat?

Thanks, David. I knew I wasn't dreaming. UK Today definitely launched on News 24 earlier than it appeared on BBC 1 as the sustaining feed.

Well he is anchoring the 5 from there, so is suspect he will also present the 6 and 10 from there too.

have huw and jane swaped then :

I think Jane is still reporting - Huw is out there just to interview at the moment.

Huw was in the algave for the 10 last night. So he has had a busy few weeks, last week he was in N. Ireland on Monday, Wales on Thursday, Lodon on Friday and now in the Algave

will fiona ever be the main anchor of the ten she is way better than huw and i think she is a bit waisted as a relife and friday anchor as well as weekend news

Surely one of the BBC's other journalists out there could have interviewed this bloke!

Im finding it a bit frustrating at the number of BBC Journo's is in Portugal.

Jane Hill is there, as is Huw Edwards, also some other reporters including someone for newsround! Is there any need to have so many there?

Surely Jane Hill plus one other is enough?