BBC News 14 January 2008. The retirement of Peter Sissons and departure of Michael Buerk from the "Ten O'Clock News" led to changes in the BBC One bulletin presenting team on 20 January 2003. The "Six O'Clock News" became double headed with George Alagiah and Sophie Raworth after Huw Edwards and Fiona Bruce moved to present the "Ten". A new set design featuring a projected fictional newsroom backdrop was introduced, followed on 16 February 2004 by new programme titles to match those of BBC News 24. BBC News 24 and BBC World introduced a new style of presentation in December 2003, that
BBC News presentation final red bar engulfed the screen at the end of the countdown. The studio set also remained the same, albeit with slight colour modifications to make the reds deeper. As part of the April 2008 changes that rebranded BBC News 24 as the BBC News channel, BBC World was renamed BBC World News. This gave the channel a closer link with the main news bulletins of the same name and firmly focused the channel on that aspect of broadcasting. The new look matched the domestic BBC News output while also mirroring the looks soon to be applied to the BBC