BBC News thread

Is News 24 going to be broadcasting from BBC World this weekend? If so, seeing as their will be disruption through the day, could they stay at Westminster all day and so thats the last we've seen of the CSO set?

If BBC World is on air again, couldnt they just move News 24 there, with world at millbank, or a simple CSO.

With the weather service off air, will we see simple diagrams for weather quickly made up for the 1 o'clock news...

The BBC are claiming that it's a central equipment room in Television Center that the power failed for, and all their external communications have failed, and they have no backup.

And I know this ... when I worked for an organisation that sold these communications systems to the BBC, the managment consultants that they had in at the BBC said they didn't need them to have fail-safe backups for these systems...

The recent report on News 24 stated that the problem now is the restoration of the computer systems, because they all need restoring by a (I presume limited) number of support staff.

If all the external communications have failed does this mean that there won't be any regional news this lunchtime?

For what it's worth, I really like the way this set looks and sounds. I like the background noise of the busy office, and I like being able to see people doing their stuff at work...

A real newsroom, unlike the blatent fake of Sky's...

Weathers back...with John Hammond.

Can't they cut-out "BBC News 24" in some white paper and tape it to all the cameras?

The Logo-Free TV people must be getting the Kleenex out...

I have to say, I think they're coping remarkably well. Really the sign of a true professional. Makes onair muck-ups I've known look really, really minor.

They are coping very well!

This reminds me of the BBC Fire and the BBC Bomb disruptions, only not as bad.

The BBC One O'Clock news may well come from its usual home after all.

The only live outside broadcast has been from Northern Ireland. Interesting that .. and it had the News 24 astons on it too.

I doubt it cos Darren's at Westminster and so Philip would have to go to Westminster and then Darren go back to the studio. So I doubt it...still we can hope that Phil will do the 1 from its usual home

The Name strap or the Information strap?