REGIONAL TV BROADCASTING FOR NORTHUMBERLAND SHOULD PROMOTE COMMUNITY, NORTHERNNESS AND WELL-BEING LOCALLY

2nd November 2025 Dear Readers In this post I wish to explore some of the deeper, fundamental responsibilities that Regional TV broadcasters should exercise in their serving of the communities which watch their programming. Regional and National TV broadcasters, such as ITV Tyne Tees & Border, which produces ITV Border Lookaround and ITV News Tyne … Continue reading REGIONAL TV BROADCASTING FOR NORTHUMBERLAND SHOULD PROMOTE COMMUNITY, NORTHERNNESS AND WELL-BEING LOCALLY →

Nothumberland the The Scottish Borders area. The Need for Geographical Representation

30th May 2025 Dear Readers Readers of this site will be aware that this website is dedicated to the cause of folk living in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders who need a TV news- service that provides local news, covers their areas of concern and which touches on the wider Regional links that are relevant … Continue reading Nothumberland the The Scottish Borders area. The Need for Geographical Representation →

LOKALE NYHETER FOR NORTHUMBERLAND, SCOTTISH BORDERS OG EAST LOTHIAN (FYLKER I NORDØST STORBRITANNIA) OG ANERKJENNELSE AV BREDERE REGIONALE FORBINDELSER MED SKOTTLAND OG NORGE

(Denne artikkelen ble publisert på engelsk 27. april 2024, Oppdatert 10. mai 2024) 29. april 2024 Kjære lesere, Som lesere av dette nettstedet vet, danner dette nettstedet grunnlaget for en kampanje for bedre, mer geografisk spesifikk regional TV-nyhetsdekning for Northumberland opp til den Skotske grensen. Den enorme landlige området som inkluderer landlige Northumberland og Scottish … Continue reading LOKALE NYHETER FOR NORTHUMBERLAND, SCOTTISH BORDERS OG EAST LOTHIAN (FYLKER I NORDØST STORBRITANNIA) OG ANERKJENNELSE AV BREDERE REGIONALE FORBINDELSER MED SKOTTLAND OG NORGE →

LOCAL NEWS FOR NORTHUMBERLAND, THE SCOTTISH BORDERS, AND EAST LOTHIAN AND RECOGNITION OF WIDER REGIONAL CONNECTIONS WITH SCOTLAND AND NORWAY

27th April 2024 Dear Readers As readers of this website will know, this Website forms the basis of a Campaign for better, more geographic-specific Regional TV News-coverage for Northumberland up to the Scottish Borders. The huge rural area encompassing rural Northumberland and the Scottish Borders really needs its own Regional TV news, it covers an … Continue reading LOCAL NEWS FOR NORTHUMBERLAND, THE SCOTTISH BORDERS, AND EAST LOTHIAN AND RECOGNITION OF WIDER REGIONAL CONNECTIONS WITH SCOTLAND AND NORWAY →

Regionale Bånd for lokalsamfunn i kystnære Nord-Northumberland er knapt anerkjent av Regionale Nyhets Kringkastere

Denne artikkelen ble publisert på engelsk på 2. mars 2024 6. mars 2024 (Oppdatert 10. mai 2024) Kjære lesere, Denne nettsiden danner grunnlaget for en kampanje for mer geografisk passende nyhetsdekning for lokalsamfunn nord for River Tyne med anerkjennelse av at bredere regionale koblinger for folk som bor i Northumberland (et fylke i nordlige Nordøst-England) … Continue reading Regionale Bånd for lokalsamfunn i kystnære Nord-Northumberland er knapt anerkjent av Regionale Nyhets Kringkastere →

Does Regional TV across North East England serve it’s Viewers well?

12th June 2023 Dear Readers This Website is dedicated to ensuring that viewers of Regional TV who live North of the Tyne and in some of the rural areas of North East England such as the North Pennines (which extends well into the west of the English North East) get better local all-round local and … Continue reading Does Regional TV across North East England serve it’s Viewers well? →

Some Real Northern News About The Frozen North To Enthuse Northumbrian Viewers of BBC1 Look North

17th December 2022 Dear Readers We have been experiencing some of our coldest December weather for over a decade across much of northernmost England. In Scotland it has, of course, been even colder with a temperature of -17˚C recorded at Braemar in the Grampians this last week. Even so, parts of Northumberland have had temperatures … Continue reading Some Real Northern News About The Frozen North To Enthuse Northumbrian Viewers of BBC1 Look North →

THE NORTHUMBERLAND SCOTTISH BORDERS REGION LACKS REAL NEWS COVERAGE ON REGIONAL TELEVISION- AND RECENTLY LACKED THE WHEREWITHALL TO WATCH IT TOO!

6th December 2021 Dear Readers On the 26th November 2021, the evening after this picture was taken in rural south-west Northumberland, communities in areas covered by those shown in the above picture- that is the Tyne Valley and looking north across western rural Northumberland to the Scottish Border were without power as violent storms battered … Continue reading THE NORTHUMBERLAND SCOTTISH BORDERS REGION LACKS REAL NEWS COVERAGE ON REGIONAL TELEVISION- AND RECENTLY LACKED THE WHEREWITHALL TO WATCH IT TOO! →

North East England North of Hadrians Wall. The lack of any news- coverage North of the Border is unacceptable- for obvious reasons.

SCOTTISH BORDER BETWEEN NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE SCOTTISH BORDER NW OF KIELDER RESERVOIR, AUGUST 2021 2nd October 2021 Dear Readers When Emperor Hadrian had built the famous wall that takes his name in AD122, it was to mark the most north-west extent of his Roman kingdom: The part that was south of Hadrian's Wall was Britannia, … Continue reading North East England North of Hadrians Wall. The lack of any news- coverage North of the Border is unacceptable- for obvious reasons. →

Regional TV in North East England by 2050. A Worst Case Scenario

21st August 2021 This is a Website that campaigns for better and more geographic- appropriate Regional Television for rural Northumberland. However, there is a real chance that what viewers in northern parts of North East England, indeed all of North East England and including North Yorkshire will end up with an even worse and less … Continue reading Regional TV in North East England by 2050. A Worst Case Scenario →

For the Good Folk of Berwick-upon-Tweed That’s TV Edinburgh/ South Scotland would provide better cross- Border News

14th August 2021 (This article was updated on 20th December 2022) Dear Readers Berwick upon Tweed and North Northumberland- that is north of Alnwick- have stronger links with the Scottish Borders than the rest of Northumberland. This is not surprising given that Berwick-upon-Tweed was once part of Scotland and that the ancient county of Berwickshire- … Continue reading For the Good Folk of Berwick-upon-Tweed That’s TV Edinburgh/ South Scotland would provide better cross- Border News →

A Regional News- Service for Northumberland and the Scottish Borders

July 2021 Dear Readers The vast rural area of northern Britain that encompasses rural mid and northern Northumberland, the Scottish Borders, West and East Lothian (just south and east of Edinburgh) along with the extreme north of Cumbria north of Carlisle covers an area of some 5,000 square miles: For all practical purposes this massive … Continue reading A Regional News- Service for Northumberland and the Scottish Borders →

Good- quality timely Regional News for rural Northumberland and North Yorkshire is actually a vital Public Service.

Dear Readers North Northumbrian viewers of Regional Television would be best- served by a Regional and Local News- service that covers Northumberland and the Scottish Borders, with some overlap coverage south to cover Tyneside, Wearside, and County Durham, some overlap west to cover Carlisle and North Cumbria and overlap northwards to cover the East and … Continue reading Good- quality timely Regional News for rural Northumberland and North Yorkshire is actually a vital Public Service. →