Presenters will be put through their paces with a studio-based, “practical test”, lasting some 40 minutes, it is understood.
Martine Croxall broke news of the death of the Duke of Edinburgh on BBC News – she is urging bosses to rethink a plan to close the rolling news channel in its current form The channel will broadcast from London during UK daytime and Singapore and Washington DC during the rest of the day. When a major story breaks in the UK, a “domestic-only stream” of the channel will be made available.
However “big beasts” who present the frontline BBC One bulletins – such as Huw Edwards, Fiona Bruce and Clive Myrie – are understood to have been spared the reapplication process, with their jobs protected.Newsnight
You wouldn't think the BBC belonged to us at all. There's no consulation. They just do what they want to. But we pay.
adamsherwin10 Except they don't really need to, what with their experience. More clueless decisions.