Music and Cultural Links between Northumbria, Scotland and Norway. And the ETIAS implications

28th July 2025 Dear Readers This Website covers Regional TV in northern NE England and the Scottish Border area, the deficiencies relating its local and wider Regional TV News-coverage (and indeed National news-coverage) with regards to the large area extending from the River Tyne all the way up to North Berwick and westwards to the … Continue reading Music and Cultural Links between Northumbria, Scotland and Norway. And the ETIAS implications →

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 →

The new European ETIAS Travel Authorisation Scheme and the Impenetrable Fortress Wall this will put in the North Sea between Northumberland and Norway.

THE NEW VISA-WAIVER SYSTEM FOR THE SCHENGEN AREA WILL LEAD TO A REAL FORTRESS WALL BETWEEN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND/ SCOTLAND AND NORWAY. THIS IS A TOPIC FOR A MAJOR DOCUMENTARY IN NORTH-EAST ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND THAT IS NOT BEEN MENTIONED- AND IT SHOULD BE! 21st September 2024 Dear Readers In recent months I have covered the … Continue reading The new European ETIAS Travel Authorisation Scheme and the Impenetrable Fortress Wall this will put in the North Sea between Northumberland and Norway. →

THE HARD BORDER IN THE NORTH SEA THAT MAY GET EVEN HARDER THAT NORTHUMBRIAN BROADCASTERS WON’T MENTION

6th June 2024 Updated 19th October 2024 Dear Readers This Website campaigns for geographic-appropriate news and for the recognition of wider Regional connections appropriate to the north-easternmost communities in England. The cross-border links (and the International boundaries affecting these) that are the most relevant for communities along the Northumberland coast are quite different from those … Continue reading THE HARD BORDER IN THE NORTH SEA THAT MAY GET EVEN HARDER THAT NORTHUMBRIAN BROADCASTERS WON’T MENTION →

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 →

Regional Links for Communities in Coastal North Northumberland are scarce recognised by Regional News broadcasters

2nd March 2024 (Updated 19th March 2024) Dear Readers This Website forms the basis of a Campaign for more geographic- appropriate news-coverage for communities North of the River Tyne with recognition that wider regional links for folk living in Northumberland are not necessarily other parts of North East England or Cumbria. There are articles on … Continue reading Regional Links for Communities in Coastal North Northumberland are scarce recognised by Regional News broadcasters →

Regional News Programmes in Scotland and the North of England need a little ICE in them to enhance their “Northern-ness”

This article was originally published on my website North West is North West (https://northwestisnorthwest.org/) on 19th August 2020 LOCHNAGAR, HIGH CAIRNGORMS IN SUMMER WITH SNOW PATCHES IN THE GULLEYS : An overlap to icy places to the north of the transmission area for a northern Regional Television service in northern England would not only provide … Continue reading Regional News Programmes in Scotland and the North of England need a little ICE in them to enhance their “Northern-ness” →