With bubblewrap being slowly lifted away from the new-look BBC News website, its editor, Steve Herrmann, has given a sneak preview of what he calls "the biggest rethink of the design of the site since 2003."

Here's what's new:

• More space for news The left-hand navigation is moving to drop-down menus at the top, leaving enough room for the top three stories to have sub-linked related content.
• Immediacy push Recently published stories will be flagged as "New" on the homepage.
• Facebook integration? Herrmann didn't mention this in the post, but Edelman's eagle-eyed director of digital, Robin Hamman, spotted that one of the single post screengrabs told us "John Day and two of your friends recommended this."
• Bigger, better video "Better quality" video gets a more prominent spot on the front page. The video page also gets a refresh, now looking a bit like the Sky News equivalent.
• Story pages Context-adding features to single posts will be placed within and at the bottom of stories, moving from the right-hand column.
• Clearer labelling

Behind the scenes, BBC reporters will be getting to grips with a new content production system which, Herrmann says, will speed up the publishing process. But will it be as quick as Sky News' 140-character bursts?

See a brief slideshow of the new site here, and Herrmann's post here.