Game on

A summer of sporting contests for screen time ahead on BBC News tv bulletins. "Combative" Dan Roan, square-jawed Chief Sports Correspondent, currently reporting standing sideways on the Lions tour, has a new member of his team - ITV sports reporter Natalie Pirks joins Auntie in July.

It's a return to public service broadcasting for Natalie - she was with Grandstand (remember ?) in 2003. Has she acquired the emphatic hand gestures, eye-brow raising and five-word groupings required of modern tv sports analysis ?  Dare Dan take a holiday ?