BBC Breakfast facing 'staff shortages' after viewers fumed over missing segment

dailystar.co.uk:

BBC Breakfast fans have been left fuming in recent weeks, after one key element of the show was axed.But now the BBC have offered an explanation for the mysterious disappearance, blaming "staff shortages" due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The so-called 'pingdemic' has been affecting businesses across the country, as employees are 'pinged' by track and trace and forced to self-isolate in order to stop the spread of the virus.It has meant the BBC reassessing their priorities to make way for the "most popular news programme on TV", the 6:30pm news, which requires their regional presenters to be at the helm.A BBC spokesperson told Daily Star Online: "Like employers in every area of the economy, we’re experiencing staffing shortages caused by Covid..