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 →

Some pictures of Norway and Northumberland

26th January 2024 (This article was published in Norwegian on 20th January 2024. It is published here, in English, for the benefit of Northumbrian readers) Dear Readers One of the geographical links between Northumberland and Norway is freezing weather in winter. Being further north, Norway gets much colder, snowier weather in winter- but this is … Continue reading Some pictures of Norway and Northumberland →

REGIONAL TV BROADCASTERS SHOULD KNOW THAT NORTHUMBERLAND IS A BIG COUNTY ACROSS WHICH THE IDEAL REGIONAL TV WILL CHANGE.

29th August 2023 (Updated 16th September 2023) Dear Readers There are two mainstream producers of Regional TV that serve the large county of Northumberland: The first is BBC1 North East & Cumbria that produces the flagship BBC1 Regional TV programme Look North (the version for the North East and Cumbria transmission area that also includes … Continue reading REGIONAL TV BROADCASTERS SHOULD KNOW THAT NORTHUMBERLAND IS A BIG COUNTY ACROSS WHICH THE IDEAL REGIONAL TV WILL CHANGE. →

OVER ONE HUNDRED BERWICKERS SHOULD SWITCH TO BBC1 REPORTING SCOTLAND TO PUT REAL PRESSURE ON BOYCOTT THE NON- LOCAL NORTH EAST ENGLAND REGIONAL TV

24th August 2023 Dear Readers People who have looked at this website Look North Must Look North and read the articles will realise that this is a website about Regional TV in the North East of England, and specifically about how relevant it is to viewers in more remote parts of North East England- specifically … Continue reading OVER ONE HUNDRED BERWICKERS SHOULD SWITCH TO BBC1 REPORTING SCOTLAND TO PUT REAL PRESSURE ON BOYCOTT THE NON- LOCAL NORTH EAST ENGLAND REGIONAL TV →

Regional Television in Switzerland

30th December 2021 Dear Readers Hello. I am currently staying with my brother in Switzerland during Christmas and the New Year where Regional and Local Television is treated somewhat more generously per capita of the population compared to Northern England (that is Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, North East England and all North West England plus the Isle … Continue reading Regional Television in Switzerland →

If Northumbrians vote with their Televisions, both BBC Look North and ITV Tyne-Tees will take notice

14th December 2020 Dear Readers Viewers of Regional Television in rural Northumberland, which potentially number over 200,000 individuals have a simple recourse if they are fed up with the lack of coverage of their area and the immediate north of them on ITV Tyne Tees or BBC Look North. They can do this in a … Continue reading If Northumbrians vote with their Televisions, both BBC Look North and ITV Tyne-Tees will take notice →

Some North Northumbrians CAN get ITV (Border) Scotland if they Twiddle the Signal Reception on their Televisions and point their Aerials NORTH.

THE TRANSMISSION AREA OF ITV BORDER (SCOTLAND). OFFICIALLY ITV BORDER (SCOTLAND) CAN ONLY BE WATCHED ON THE SCOTTISH SIDE OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER. HOWEVER, ITV BORDER SCOTLAND CAN BE PICKED UP IN BERWICK-UPON-TWEED, COLDSTREAM AND CORNHILL ON TWEED (AREAS IN BOTTOM HALF OF THE BLUE SHADING ON THE RIGHT OF THE MAP) 31st October 2020 … Continue reading Some North Northumbrians CAN get ITV (Border) Scotland if they Twiddle the Signal Reception on their Televisions and point their Aerials NORTH. →

No News about North, West and Mid Northumberland during the last week on BBC Look North or ITV Tyne Tees.

View of the small town of Kelso in the Scottish Borders, taken from the air. This is somewhere that is very unlikely ever to feature on BBC Look North (NE/ Cumbria) or ITV Tyne Tees unless the good people of Northumberland complain about the lack of coverage of places that are still local to them … Continue reading No News about North, West and Mid Northumberland during the last week on BBC Look North or ITV Tyne Tees. →

Massive sink-hole opens up underneath the A68 in the Scottish Borders. Not the slightest mention on ITV Tyne Tees News or BBC Look North (North East/ Cumbria).

This article was originally posted on http://www.northwestisnorthwest.org on 12th August 2020 Viewers of Regional Television in the northern half of North East England were short- changed by both BBC Look North (North East) and ITV Tyne Tees: Lots of coverage of Tyneside, Sunderland and even Darlington (in southern county Durham) but nothing about a serious … Continue reading Massive sink-hole opens up underneath the A68 in the Scottish Borders. Not the slightest mention on ITV Tyne Tees News or BBC Look North (North East/ Cumbria). →