They felt a brief announcement from the pulpit wasn't adequate.

The brief announcement of the merger terms included no details about job losses other than a vague reference to 'cost and revenue synergies'.

Its shares rallied last night after the brief announcement, rising 9p, or 15 per cent, to close at 69p.

Her brief announcement was cheered by other celebrities who replaced their profile pictures with a black square and adopted the hashtag 176 in memory of the victims.

The station carried a brief announcement when switching between programs from the differing networks.