BBC cuts 10 p.m. news by 10 minutes

BBC News has announced plans to cut 10 minutes out of its 10 p.m. newscast in favor of its BBC Three programming block.

The newscast will shrink from 31 and a half minutes to 26 and a half.

The changes also include cutting local news and weather from 11 minutes to 7.

BBC Three was originally a standalone channel before it was converted to an Internet only stream until 2016.

The name has since returned to BBC as the name of a programming block with programming geared at younger audiences.