NORTHWEST IS NORTHWEST.
Articles about Regional Television in the northern North West of England about shortfalls in Regional Programming, and how the northern two thirds of the North West is sidelined by BBC North West Tonight and ITV Granada Reports. This Website is the basis for a Campaign for more Local TV in Lancashire and Cumbria that is relevant to viewers.
A Cumbrian’s Diary
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CAMPAIGN FOR LOCAL NORTH-WEST NEWS FOR LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA: https://northwestisnorthwest.org/2022/09/19/the-campaign-for-a-regional-tv-news-service-for-lancashire-cumbria-and-the-isle-of-man/
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People-Power Can Change Regional TV: https://northwestisnorthwest.org/2021/07/11/thirty-years-ago-people-power-changed-regional-tv-in-northern-cumbria-and-it-can-in-northern-lancashire-too/
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LINKS TO REGIONAL TV IN LANCASHIRE AND CUMBRIA:
BBC1 North West Tonight: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pfjx
That’s TV Lancashire: http://www.thats.tv/lancashire/
ITV1 Border Lookaround (for Cumbria news) https://www.itv.com/news/border
About Me
I am a 54-year-old man who lives near Alston in the north-east of Cumbria, where I have lived for most of my life. Currently I work as a free-lance Book-keeper and live with my father. We now live alone after my mother passed away in January 2021.
In 1992 I graduated from Lancaster University with an Environmental Science degree. Subsequently, I lived in Lancaster for 14 years. I used to regularly watch BBC North West Tonight and can remember my dismay when, on 27th September 1991, I discovered that BBC North West Tonight chopped- off all but southernmost Cumbria: It dawned on me what this meant and I signed “No more news from Home [North Cumbria] whilst at University”!
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- iapennell@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Barton
I am happy that you enjoy the Website and associated articles? Do you live in the North West?
There is not a lot out there in terms of Regional Forums of any description that will enable you to discuss Regional Television with like-minded folk in the same part of the country. Digital Spy (https://forums.digitalspy.com/) is the best, but there’s also TV Forum where they just talk about style and presentation rather than the content of programmes.
On this Website there is a platform where you can discuss the merits of Regional Television in different parts of North West England- https://northwestisnorthwest.org/northwest-england-discussion-forums/
Do discuss and share this Website with your friends and family. The more folk can write in and organise to contact BBC North West Tonight and ITV1 Granada if they are not happy with the amount of Regional News coverage for their area the more likely it is that something will happen.
Regards
Ian Pennell
I am pleased that you like the Website. If you live in the North West, do tell your friends and family about it. The more people who look at the articles and realise that they are being short- changed by BBC North West Tonight and ITV Granada Reports the more influence we can bring to bear on Regional Television broadcasters in the North West of England.
Ian Pennell
(NorthWest Is NorthWest Manager, Cumbria)
Good evening, and I am pleased that you enjoy reading through my Website. Do you live in North West England- north of Manchester? If so, you will find the articles might strike a chord with you as regards to the North West Regional Television news being too Manchester/ Liverpool- orientated.
Regards
Ian Pennell
(NorthWest Is NorthWest website)
Dear Nigel,
I am pleased that you are enjoying looking through the Website. Do you live in North West England?
To answer your question, and as I would not consider myself tech- savvy either, I use WordPress, which is an excellent platform to build up your own Website. Firstly you need to register with WordPress, you can do this cheaply for just £ 36 up front (this will pay for a year of WordPress supporting your Website) but for that you have a complete support system to start building your website. On the left-hand side are a series of options- select “Appearance” and then “Themes” to customise how you want your website to look like: I use “Hever” which is good for blogs.
Once you are ready to write posts click on “Write” at the top of the page and you will be taken to the Editor page where- on the right-hand side you also have options to select the size and font of the text: Blocks relate to paragraphs (where you might choose to insert a picture- Ctrl and C together to select a picture from your computer, then Ctrl and V together to paste said- picture into your document.
At the top of your Edit screen there is an option to paste website links into your document, select the link and paste (Ctrl V) a website link copied from another website, then press Enter- and the link is in your document. Under Settings, then Reading Settings select the option for your Website to be findable on Google and you will start getting people to read your new Website. When you finally want to publish your document, select the “Publish” option at the top right of the screen. Give WordPress a try, tell me how you get on.
Ian Pennell
(NorthWest Is NorthWest)
Time Isle of Man has own bbc area region a bbc News output on tv. pay by TV license the Isle of Man be pay for yers to bbc still this day not have it own #BBC tv News tv made on Island it time bbc start do service that there be pay for by manx public #isleofmanbbcoutput
I totally agree with you. I believe that there was a local TV service called Manx Telecom TV that ceased operations at the end of 2020 so you have a choice of BBC North West Tonight or ITV1 Granada Reports, neither of which scarcely even mention the island. Since the Isle of Man is a country in its own right it should have its own Television station just as the Channel Islands does.
Do write to your Government about this and get all of those you know who live on the Isle of Man to do likewise. There cannot be many Manx viewers happy about a choice of two Regional News services both providing next- to -no coverage of the Isle of Man. In the meantime, boycott both BBC North West and ITV Granada and try the You Tube based Isle of Man TV- website here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCIWwfPM2JDFBa_dj3OykOg .
Ian Pennell
NorthWest Is NorthWest
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Good afternoon and I am pleased that you find the articles interesting. Do you live in North West England?
Regards
Ian Pennell
(Proprietor, North West Is North West)
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