Daily Express breaks out the bunting over BBC cuts plan

Richard Desmond's Daily Express has emerged as a cheerleader for the proposal that the BBC axe its overnight programming. The money-saving move would drive late-night viewers to commercial rivals – Desmond's Channel 5 among them – and would also please Express-reading monarchists. Wednesday's leader explains: "Traditionalists would be even more delighted were Mr Thompson to announce a midnight shutdown marked by the playing of the national anthem." Back to the future, indeed.