Essex man and a slice of the gherkin

I understand Sky News are looking at taking a floor of the largely-empty "Gherkin" building in the City, as a site for their weeknight Jeff Randall extravaganza. Expect an opening of whirling helicopter shots zooming in our square-jawed, double-breasted, arms-folded hero, against a twinkling skyline.

This will be something of a sore issue for the business news teams at the BBC, who had to surrender their deal to broadcast live from the Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square at the end of the financial year, in the name of efficiency.