First hurdle passed

Sheila Fitzsimons, executive editor of the Guardian, who has been intimately involved with building the printing plant, and Emily Bell editor in chief of Guardian Unlimited discussing the day. The verdict is that so far it has been better than a normal day - but the test is yet to come. There is 80 million pounds of new printing kit at Stratford and Manchester and no one will be uncrossing their fingers until the final plates are put on and the presses spun up.