1st November 2021
Dear Readers
BBC1 North West Tonight covered Whitehaven this evening- with regards to the proposed new coal-mine there that now looks set to be in doubt after the Prime Minister Boris Johnson ruled it out: It is good that areas of Cumbria north of the transmission area are being covered for the benefit of viewers who live in South Cumbria and northern Lancashire- a North West Regioal News- service should indeed provide news-coverage of all parts of North West England! Flooding at St. Michaels-on-Wyre after almost two-and-a-half inches of rain fell on the Bowland fells of northern Lancashire, which swelled the waters of the River Wyre to the greatest extent since December 2015- also received extensive coverage on this flagship Regional TV News programme for North West England. Also covered was the fact that a man is in court charged with murder after the death of an elderly lady from Morecambe in 2018. It is good for viewers in the northern North West England when the North West Regional TV News provides three items of news- coverage about Cumbria and northern Lancashire!
One would like to state that this is start of a significant long-term improvement in he amount of news-coverage provided that covers those parts of North West England north of Preston on BBC1 North West Tonight. However, we would need to see this degree of coverage of Cumbria and northern Lancashire each night of the week- and an end to week-long periods when viewers are starved of any coverage that gets north of Preston. Until we see that happening this Website will continue the Campaign for better- and more geographic-appropriate – Regional News coverage for communities that are north of Preston!
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My name is Ian Pennell and I am a freelance Book-keeper. I live near Alston in the North Pennines in north-east Cumbria. I used to live and work in Lancaster until 19 years ago and have friends in northern North West England. I have two Websites devoted to campaigning for local, relevant Regional TV, one for Cumbria/ North Lancashire the other for Northumberland/Scottish-Border.............................................................................................................................. A big problem is that the Regional Television Bulletins for the North West covers the southern third of the Region about 90% (plus a part of Derbyshire which is NOT the North West of England), covers the middle third of North West England poorly and covers the northern third of North West England not at all! When I was studying at Lancaster University, I used to watch BBC1 North West Tonight because it covered areas up around where I was brought up- in northern Cumbria as well as more immediately locally around Lancaster. Then I came home one day, turned on BBC1 North West Tonight wondering why they were silent on Cumbria and discovered why: Most of Cumbria had been chopped off the weather-map! ........................................................................
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In rural and northern Northumberland too, Regional TV, as is received by viewers, tends too often to be Tyneside/ Wearside/ Teesside- focussed with little news locally. Communities in North Northumberland have strong links across the Border into south-east Scotland and towards Edinburgh but none of the Regional TV News- services serving Northumberland today ever goes across the Scottish Border to cover significant happenings of interest to North Northumbrians. The region of Northumberland/ Scottish Borders/ East and Mid Lothian area is vast- but it is largely overlooked by mainstream Regional TV! .................................................................................................................... ................
In two websites, one for northern North West England and the Isle of Man (a country in it's own right that does not have it's own TV service!), and another Website focussing on Northumberland, North Yorkshire and the North Pennines I make the point that Regional TV that informs viewers of important things in their local area is a Public Service that must be funded better, in order that rural areas of northernmost England get good geographic- appropriate local news-coverage.
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