Restructuring at BBC Westminster, with Katy Searle (Hinchley Wood School and Esher Sixth Form College) appointed as Executive Editor, Politics, "bringing together news, digital, programmes and Parliament under one roof. "
Expect some established (male) names to be shaken from the tree shortly. Meanwhile, as the cull of reporters continues, BBC News (and Today) loses Ross Hawkins, whose fast-turn-round political packages have taken us out of the Westminster bubble more successfully than most over the past 13 years - and chunky Alastair Leithead, reporting from Afghanistan, Africa and the States, who's turning his hand to training others in VR techniques and offering hospitality in Portugal.
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