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South Today 16 March 2021 7:11pm

Seems like Central West were running well behind time tonight.

Bob tried to have some banter about the Cheltenham races with Steve the Sports presenter. However it seems like Bob was being shouted at in his ear to stop - which then caused him to stumble his words and go silent and then completely lose his place on the next story for Yasmin his co-presenter to have to take over talking at speed.

The report had to be cut short for the weather and then they crashed into Mary at the end.

Oh dear! Poor Bob obviously wasn’t listening out for the timings in his ear!

Surely time has come for Bob to call it a day and let someone else take over? Wesley Smith? Yes please!

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Meridian AM 16 March 2021 7:30pm

Yes, he seems to be struggling a bit these days. As we discussed on page 120, it's particularly awkward to watch at times.

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Ballyboy 24 March 2021 6:59pm

Personal Announcement: I will be presenting my last regional update for @ITVCentral this Friday. I am sad to leave the team/viewers but I am proud of my achievements. Thanks to everyone who has trusted me to tell their story. I look forward to embracing new opportunities. pic.twitter.com/f6vwkaGC16
— Balvinder Sidhu (@BalvinderTV) March 24, 2021

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South Today 24 March 2021 9:40pm

I wonder who will take up the Central bulletins during GMB. Yvonne Gaskill anyone?!

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Mike W 24 March 2021 10:05pm

South Today posted:

I wonder who will take up the Central bulletins during GMB. Yvonne Gaskill anyone?!

Llewella Bailey or Arti Halai!

On that nostalgic note, whatever happened to Central decamping to a meeting room every year for electrical testing?

Not a terrible temporary space but the audio is awful!

(Bonus points for the circa 2000-2001 archive footage, it looks so aged but that bulletin is around 13/14 years old now!)

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Ballyboy 25 March 2021 9:19am

Chris James?. He actually follows me on Twitter. great bloke

Last edited by Ballyboy on 30 March 2021 12:07am - 2 times in total

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South Today 25 March 2021 5:15pm

Oh yes please! He was fantastic... fruit and croissants added to the desk too!

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Mike W 29 March 2021 5:46am

Shameless plug:

The conversation continues in our new home over on TV Live Forum, but thank you all for contributing to the original, NEW and new NEW CW& BBC Midlands threads.

(January 2013)