BBC Breakfast viewers fume as local news and weather segment is axed from show without warning

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BBC Breakfast audiences were left confused as a staple segment of the much-loved programme was conspicuously absent. Anchors Jon Kay and Nina Warhurst were navigating the day's latest headlines, sports updates, and meteorological forecasts.Yet, viewers tuning in from their homes voiced their discontent when the presenters made no reference to a popular feature of the show - the local news and weather.Disgruntled fans swiftly took to social platforms, airing their grievances and demanding an explanation from Jon, the Express reports.One viewer took to X, previously known as Twitter, to fume: "If #bbcbreakfast have decided to drop all of their local news bulletins and local weather forecasts, how about mentioning it on the show. @BBCBreakfast @jonkay01."Another chimed in: "Oi, oi, where's the local news?

Another casualty of the Olympics #bbcbreakfast." Further inquiring tweets included: "#bbcbreakfast where is the local news and weather today? "Speculation unfolded amongst Digital Spy forum members, with guesses being made about the potential reasons for the local update's disappearance. Join the Daily Record's WhatsApp community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. A comment explained: "Today's BBC Breakfast, like a few over the Games, was only scheduled for 45 minutes on BBC1 so an expense to have all the regions and Nations there to produce just one bulletin."Someone else responded: "Looking at the 'live' schedules, I see Breakfast transferred over to BBC 2 at 8am this morning.

I assume the original plan was for it to transfer from 1 to 2 at 06:45 this morning ? "Of course, as we all know, BBC 2 can't carry English (or a Scottish) regional opt outs (for technical reasons) so that's