Viewers of Regional TV in Far North Northumberland should watch STV News At Six (Edinburgh version)- or even BBC1 Reporting Scotland to get the News North of them.

21st December 2022 Dear Readers This evening, Wednesday 21st December 2022 I watched BBC1 Reporting Scotland and STV News At Six (Edinburgh version). The latter is available from here: https://player.stv.tv/episode/4dup/stv-news-edinburgh and BBC1 Reporting Scotland can be found here, loaded about two or three hours after being aired live. Details are here https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mj3s. As far as … Continue reading Viewers of Regional TV in Far North Northumberland should watch STV News At Six (Edinburgh version)- or even BBC1 Reporting Scotland to get the News North of them. →

Storm Arwen One Year On- and BBC Look North (NE) may be giving Northumberland more coverage- But Less for North Yorkshire

26th November 2022 Dear Readers I have watched BBC1 Look North (North East/ Cumbria) last night (Friday 25th November) and also the short week-end bulletin tonight (Saturday 26th). Today is, of course, the anniversary of Storm Arwen that swept through the North East and Cumbria causing so much damage. THE AFTERMATH OF STORM ARWEN NEAR … Continue reading Storm Arwen One Year On- and BBC Look North (NE) may be giving Northumberland more coverage- But Less for North Yorkshire →

There is No ITV1 or BBC1 Regional News Service that really caters for viewers in far North East Northumberland

23rd February 2022 Dear Readers If you live in Berwick upon Tweed, or in Wooler, Bamburgh or even as far south along the coast as Seahouses, you are still more than an hour's drive north from from Newcastle upon Tyne (or over 50 miles away). That means that, to all intents and purposes, the regional … Continue reading There is No ITV1 or BBC1 Regional News Service that really caters for viewers in far North East Northumberland →

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. →

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 →

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. →

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. →

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 →

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). →