Uncharted waters

Kit Fraser (Letters, 26 Octo - ber)w ill be aware that BBC regional radio news has been severely pruned in recent years. After a long struggle to co-exist with the First Minister’s coronavirus updates at 12.30 we are now completely denied any lunchtime bulle - tin. It has not been explained why these bulletins could not have been moved back to their previous slot at 12.54.

On BBC1, commentary on the Covid update is now truncated at 12.57 in favour of trailers for future entertainment programmes bursting in at greatly increased decibels. Recent BBC staff restructuring suggests that news and informed comment is likely to suffer even more. The hand on the till er now seems unable to steer a calm course across from Pacific Quay!

RJ ARDERN Drumdevan Road, Inverness