Tag: North East England

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 →

BBC Cuts Portend an Uncertain Future for Regional TV in North East England

3rd November 2022 Dear Readers Recent developments, as the BBC considers how to save money in the face of rising costs and the TV Licence fee being frozen until 2027, means that Regional TV in North East England faces a more uncertain future than it has done until now. Were BBC1 Look North (NE/ Cumbria) … Continue reading BBC Cuts Portend an Uncertain Future for Regional TV in North East England →

Regional News for North East England must be funded better. Northumberland and North Yorkshire continue to suffer little Local News- coverage.

8th May 2022 Dear Readers Regional Television, as serves viewers at the rural northern and southern peripheries of North East England, is scarcely local or geographic-appropriate for viewers in those areas. In northern Northumberland, in particular, where areas local to communities are only going be in Northumberland, the eastern Scottish Borders, and East Lothian nearer … Continue reading Regional News for North East England must be funded better. Northumberland and North Yorkshire continue to suffer little Local News- coverage. →

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 →

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. →

Viewers in rural Western County Durham and northern Yorkshire Dales also get little local news- coverage in Regional TV bulletins

4th July 2021 Dear Readers I live in the extreme north-east of Cumbria near the remote village of Nenthead in the North Pennines: The North Pennines and surrounding rural areas covers a really large area and for the purposes of Regional Television News- coverage. It is bounded by the Tyne gap and A69 to the … Continue reading Viewers in rural Western County Durham and northern Yorkshire Dales also get little local news- coverage in Regional TV bulletins →

North Northumbrians Would Benefit from Collaboration between BBC1 Look North and ITV1 Tyne Tees

The Coast at Alnmouth, Northumberland. Rural Northumberland would benefit from collaboration between ITV1 Tyne Tees and BBC1 Look North (NE and Cumbria) so that rural areas like much of Northumberland get better local news-coverage. (Photo courtesy of bobmcp @ Pixabay ) May 2021 Dear Readers One of the problems that viewers in rural Northumberland- and … Continue reading North Northumbrians Would Benefit from Collaboration between BBC1 Look North and ITV1 Tyne Tees →

Geographically- appropriate Regional Television News in Northumberland

9th March 2021 Dear Readers Recently, there has been more coverage of Northumberland on BBC Look North (North East/ Cumbria). On this evening's Look North there was coverage of the proposed dualling of the A1 through Northumberland up to the Scottish Border and the re-opening of Belford station in northern Northumberland as part of a … Continue reading Geographically- appropriate Regional Television News in Northumberland →

Rural Northumberland receives hardly any coverage whatsoever either on BBC Look North or ITV Tyne Tees. ITV Border (Scotland) could come to the rescue.

There was a news report on broadband being rolled out in mid-Northumberland on ITV Tyne Tees this evening (https://t.co/Wc9uFj1M0H?amp=1). It was the first news- item from anywhere significantly North of Tyne for several days. It is very clear that viewers of Regional Television who live in Northumberland more than twenty miles north and north-west of … Continue reading Rural Northumberland receives hardly any coverage whatsoever either on BBC Look North or ITV Tyne Tees. ITV Border (Scotland) could come to the rescue. →

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. →

Virtually nothing specific on Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.

Dear Readers BBC Look North (covering the North East and northern Cumbria) featured a news- item about health officials in the Scottish Borders expressing concern about rising Coronavirus cases in neighbouring Northumberland: It is perhaps the only significant reference to rural Northumberland this week. The Regional News virtually never gets north of Tyneside and (when … Continue reading Virtually nothing specific on Northumberland and the Scottish Borders. →

15th September 2020: A New Site to focus on Regional Television coverage for the northern North East of England

Dear Readers I already have a website that draws attention to the deficiencies in Regional Television for viewers of BBC North West Tonight and ITV Granada Reports who live in South Cumbria and northern Lancashire who do not get coverage of the northern half of North West England (i.e. Cumbria). This can be found at … Continue reading 15th September 2020: A New Site to focus on Regional Television coverage for the northern North East of England →