The word on the street is that BBC Newsnight is to dispense with the role of science editor, putting long-term occupant Susan Watts out of a job. I never saw her as the identikit BBC green (she invited me to appear on the programme after all) so I don't particularly view her departure as a step forward.
The imperatives of the bureaucratic enterprise lead to some very interesting decisions. In these hard times, it's fascinating to see what and who the BBC sees as important and worthy of retention, and what and who is seen as dispensable.