Cockroaches invade Salford's MediaCity as BBC Studios boss quits

BBC staff must head elsewhere to make their tea and coffee. Photograph: Tom Libby, Kaushik Jayaram and Pauline Jennings/PolyPedal Lab, UC Berkeley

Some hardy pests have invaded one of the BBC buildings in MediaCity in Salford. No, not more consultants. Monkey hears cockroaches have been spotted in a couple of the tea- and coffee-making areas at Quay House. So they’re being closed for a couple of weeks and staff have to go to other floors for their sustenance. Still, at least it wasn’t rats. In light of the surprise departure of BBC Studios and former BBC North boss Peter Salmon to Endemol Shine, Monkey will leave you to make your own joke about rats and sinking ships.