we can reassurejohn that this is actually a different, though admittedly rather similar sofa to that used for breakfast. and in answer to irene, i am very much hoping to have some guests to share it with in the coming weeks, and besides, several other bbc programmes use the studio as well. now, for a long while, views have asked us why it hasn t been possible to watch english regional news programmes in high definition, despite those bulletins being among the most watched programmes on bbc one. cost and the pace of technological change have been the answers. but on newswatch last summer we heard a commitment from the bbc s director of nations, rhodri telford davies, that hd for the regions would soon arrive. but as costs begin to reduce, and of course, audience expectation changes. we need to get this right. so i would like to believe that
those are not the first cuts to regional services. steve contacted us last summer after hearing that local news updates during the breakfast programme had been suspended because of the impact of covid. his response: to discuss this, i m joined by the bbc s director of nations. he is responsible for local or national output across the uk. thanks so much for coming on newswatch. let s start with the
regional services. steve contacted us last summer after hearing that local news updates during the breakfast programme had been suspended because of the impact of covid. his response. to discuss this i am joined by the bbc s director of nations. he is responsible for local or national output across the uk. thank you so much for coming on news watch. let s start with the news bulletin for don t use except that if you live somewhere you might be forgiven for thinking, what is news in norwich got to do with me? ii thinking, what is news in norwich got to do with me? got to do with me? if you live in that area or
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