muriel crane added...he move comes ahead of the planned bringing together of the domestic news channel and the international world news channel, expected in the spring. and we will be exploring the wider implications of that merger in a future edition of newswatch. but in the meantime, this is what the bbc had to say... the rhetoric from the powers—that—be at the bbc talks more and more these days of the need to become a digital—first organisation. amongst other things, this means a greater emphasis on news delivered online — and increasingly, via the bbc news app. if you have that installed on your phone, you can choose whether to receive breaking news alerts — and if you do so, you'll have noticed it ping with greater frequency of late. that's annoyed carolyn harris, who wrote to us... and dr stevejohnson asked... stephen blakemore also got in touch with us about this, and this week, spotted this breaking news alert, pointing him to an article by the bbc�*s royal correspondent. he recorded this video for

"the end of an era," tweeting: and we've heard from a number of fans, including helen murphy: muriel crane you're relaxing at home and you hear this. breaking news chime. so, you reach for your phone. you think, "what's happened now?" but no, it's not breaking news, it's a plug for comment analysis, an article on the bbc news app or website or there's coverage about to start on the news channel. sometimes, it's an open question and you have to click to find the answer — some people call that 'clickbait�*. so, what is the editorial guidance on the use and abuse of news alerts? well, to answer that very question, i'm joined by stuart miller, the digital news editorfor bbc news. thank you for coming on newswatch. so, has there been a decision to put out more alerts than you used to, and what is the guidance? yeah, so we're definitely alerting more. not every news alert is a breaking news alert, we do it for all sorts of different... so it doesn't always say "breaking"? it doesn't always say breaking news, and it doesn't always have the sound there as well. the . but as well as the biggest new