Making BBC News online even more relevant to you

We are committed to reflecting the stories, passions and identities of every nation, place and community of the UK and it’s been a busy time, particularly north of the border over the last couple of weeks. Our new BBC channel in Scotland launched with impressive figures and offers fantastic content, including a nightly news hour called The Nine. But that’s not the only major update we’ve made to ensure people coming to the BBC from around the UK get even more tailored experiences - increasingly based on where you live.

Tony Hall, Director-General of the BBC has previously talked about our commitment to the nations of the UK by making significant changes and major investments in them, including a new channel, more programming from the nations and further digital developments. He also talked about the need for our services to become increasingly more tailored and personalised to the people that use them - especially online.

That’s why today we’ve made an update to our BBC News front page in the UK for people who are signed-in to their BBC Account.

This means that for the first time, the BBC’s main news front page will offer a tailor-made service for people who are signed in to their BBC Account - with the section at the top of the page highlighting more relevant stories from a specific nation. So, for example, if you’re reading the news in Wales, your front page will blend the biggest global, UK and Welsh stories. The same applies for England, Northern Ireland and Scotland - as well as an overall UK option.

This change will ensure the way many people come to BBC News online properly reflects the realities of different parts of the UK - with an appropriate balance between major UK and international coverage and those stories with particular significance in a nation - such as devolved areas including health, education and politics.

If you’d prefer to keep your front page as it is - and have the UK-wide version, we’ve made it really easy to switch back.

You just need to click on the ‘Select your nation’ button, and select UK.

We really hope you enjoy these changes to make it even easier to find news that’s more relevant to you. We’re making this change to the website at the moment - so the app (which can already be personalised) will not be affected for now.