The (old) ITV News Thread

Also, what happened to Shuli Gosh. Is she on maternity leave aswell. God, that ITV News chair is like the counter as Asda where all the check-out girls got pregnant?

Also, is Trevor McDonald on his annual maternity leave yet?

Yes he last appeared last week I think and has now taken his month off.

Rachel McTavish did the ITV News Summary at 3pm on ITV1

Yeah, I'd be interested to see when Mary is back. She appeared for a week or two then vanished again. I will ask my contact to check the rosters and see when she is due back.

As for Leyla, well she had twins and like Mary it was her first birth, so I should imagine she'll be on extended leave as well.

Another interesting weekend on the ITV News Channel

Saturday 2nd August

0700 - 0900 Sasha Herriman
0900 - 1100 Felicity Barr
1100 - 1300 Sasha Herriman
1300 - 1400 Carol Barnes
1400 - 1600 Felicity Barr
1600 - 1750 Carol Barnes
1750 - 1800 ITV Weekend News with James Mates
1800 - 2000 Sian Jones
2000 - 2100 James Mates
2100 - 2255 Sian Jones
2255 - 2310 ITV Weekend News with James Mates
2310 - 0100 Owen Thomas

Sunday 3rd August

0700 - 0800 Owen Thomas
0800 - 0930 Sasha Herriman
0930 - 1030 Mark Webster
1030 - 1300 Sasha Herriman
1300 - 1400 Sue Saville
1400 - 1500 James Mates
1500 - 1745 Sue Saville
1745 - 1800 ITV Weekend News with James Mates
1800 - 2230 Chris Rogers
2230 - 2245 ITV Weekend News with James Mates
2245 - 2300 Chris Rogers
2300 - 0100 Owen Thomas

Does he have somewhere to sleep in between or does he have to hang around in case things break down? (And yes, I know he would need to use some of that time for preparation).

Good to see Carol Barnes back again. Has Sue Saville presented on the News Channel before ? As for Mark Webster, he makes a good reporter, but he's no presenter.

Yes Sue Saville did quite a bit on the news channel over new year before the war began. She dissapeared during that time though.

He also does the hourly updates throughout the night, plus the ITV1 News Summarys and the ITV Morning News.

It's a long shift, has he come back live at 7am before?

Fantastic to see Carol Barnes back - she should be on ITV1 in my opinion.

I don't think so, there's very little ITV NC pres on the net, such as the latest Markets sting
You can bet that if it had been News 24 who had introduced new stings the full set would already be on the net!

I wonder where Owen is tonight, the other bloke is still presenting at the moment!

Re owen overnight. I've always wondered how he manages to go all though the night and still be on until 8 at the weekends AND be so perky. He reports over night though as well... his stuff always keeps popping up through the day.