15th January 2026 Dear Readers Today, there are changes in society- and potential changes- across North West England that neither BBC North West Tonight nor ITV Granada Reports cover, and which even ITV Border Lookaround (which serves most of Cumbria, and is rural-focussed) shies away from broaching: These are macro-scale political, legal and demographic changesContinue reading “A POTENTIAL NORTH WEST ENGLAND DYSTOPIA FOR 2032. AND NORTH WEST BROADCASTERS SAY NOTHING”
Category Archives: Regional TV
The BBC and ITV Must Direct Extra Resources at Regional TV so that folk in Lancashire and Cumbria get Local News
17th May 2025 Dear Readers This Website, as readers will by now be aware, is committed to the cause of communities north of Preston who would like ready local and wider Regional TV coverage that is appropriate for their needs, rather than merely of folk living along the M62 Corridor. Viewers of Regional TV whoContinue reading “The BBC and ITV Must Direct Extra Resources at Regional TV so that folk in Lancashire and Cumbria get Local News”
Both BBC North West and ITV Granada Reports very Manchester-Merseyside centric again
20th November 2024 Dear Readers I watched BBC1 North West Tonight again this evening, Wednesday 20th November. It is very clear that BBC1 North West Tonight has retreated to it’s South Lancastrian and Merseyside confines again. Indeed, the last few programes have even limited coverage of Lancashire, let alone anything of Cumbria. ITV1 Granada ReportsContinue reading “Both BBC North West and ITV Granada Reports very Manchester-Merseyside centric again”
IS GRANADA REPORTS STARTING TO COVER CUMBRIA?
30th June 2024 Dear Readers During the course of the British General Election Campaign, I have seen some of ITV1 Granada Reports‘ coverage. The main ITV1 Regional TV News-service for North West England has been looking at selected constituencies in North West England to see how they might vote on 4th July. Cumbrian Constituencies WhatContinue reading “IS GRANADA REPORTS STARTING TO COVER CUMBRIA?”
Viewers of Regional TV in Cumbria and North Lancashire need their own Local News
8th April 2024 Dear Readers The Regional TV News-services and “local” bulletins for North West England have long short-changed viewers who live in the northern half of North West England, by which I mean Cumbria and northern Lancashire. Neither ITV.Plc nor the BBC can be said to provide news that is relevant to this largeContinue reading “Viewers of Regional TV in Cumbria and North Lancashire need their own Local News”
BBC1 NW Tonight Doesn’t Include Cumbria in NW Regional Tallies
25th February 2024 Dear Readers The other evening, BBC1 North West Tonight’s main anchor Roger Johnson reported on the MPs in the North West who signed a No Confidence Motion in the Speaker of the House of Commons, who is the MP for the folk living in Chorley, the Right Hon. Sir Lindsay Hoyle. RogerContinue reading “BBC1 NW Tonight Doesn’t Include Cumbria in NW Regional Tallies”
IN 2024 IT’S TIME FOR VIEWERS TO UNITE TO DEAL WITH POOR REGIONAL TV COVERAGE FOR NORTHERN NW ENGLAND AND ISLE OF MAN
13th January 2024 Dear Readers Firstly, I would like to wish all readers of this website “Happy New Year”. I hope that it will be a more prosperous and joyful one than 2023, when many folk have struggled with poor Public services for which they have paid more in tax. One of the poor PublicContinue reading “IN 2024 IT’S TIME FOR VIEWERS TO UNITE TO DEAL WITH POOR REGIONAL TV COVERAGE FOR NORTHERN NW ENGLAND AND ISLE OF MAN”
Happy Christmas. The Fight for better North West Regional News Coverage of locations North of Preston Must Go On in 2024.
21st December 2023 Dear Readers Hello. I would like firstly to wish all readers of this website a happy and peaceful Christmas, and all the best for 2024. For viewers north of Preston who may be exasperated with the lack of a geographic-appropriate Public service of Regional TV news- provision, the fight for such aContinue reading “Happy Christmas. The Fight for better North West Regional News Coverage of locations North of Preston Must Go On in 2024.”
VIEWERS IN CARLISLE AND NORTH CUMBRIA ARE BEST SERVED BY ITV BORDER
17th December 2023 Dear Readers This Website campaigns for better Regional TV appropriate for all parts of northern North West England. That is, for Cumbria and northern Lancashire. This encompasses a huge area stretching from the Fylde Plain in the south up to the Cumbria- Scottish Border. The north-south span encompasses a distance of oneContinue reading “VIEWERS IN CARLISLE AND NORTH CUMBRIA ARE BEST SERVED BY ITV BORDER”
LANCASTRIANS SHOULD WATCH BBC1 NORTH WEST TONIGHT OVER ITV1 GRANADA REPORTS
28th September 2023 Dear Readers Regular readers on this website will realise that this Website campaigns for better, more localised Regional TV in the northern half of North West England: This website encourages folk who live in Lancashire and South Cumbria to fight for more local Regional TV news with the tools that they have.Continue reading “LANCASTRIANS SHOULD WATCH BBC1 NORTH WEST TONIGHT OVER ITV1 GRANADA REPORTS”
NORTH WEST REGIONAL TV NORTH OF THE M62 CORRIDOR AND IN MERSEYSIDE NEEDS A RADICAL OVERHAUL
20th August 2023 (Updated 29th August 2023) Dear Readers Much of BBC1 North West Tonight and ITV1 Granada Reports has been dominated by the coverage of nurse Lucy Letby, who has been convicted of the murder of seven babies in her care at the Neonatal Unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Nurse Lucy LetbyContinue reading “NORTH WEST REGIONAL TV NORTH OF THE M62 CORRIDOR AND IN MERSEYSIDE NEEDS A RADICAL OVERHAUL”
On the shorter version of ITV1 Border Lookaround on Friday- Most of the News was about locations Within an Hour’s Drive of far North Lancashire.
4th December 2022 Dear Readers Viewers of mainstream North West England Regional TV who reside in communities straddling the Lancashire- Cumbria boundary, who are rather sick of Manchester and Liverpool- centric coverage of BBC1 North West Tonight and ITV1 Granada Reports (a programme which has not really covered Cumbria since the summer!) can take heart.Continue reading “On the shorter version of ITV1 Border Lookaround on Friday- Most of the News was about locations Within an Hour’s Drive of far North Lancashire.”
ITV Granada Reports does not serve its viewers who live North of Preston with Geographic- Appropriate Regional News- coverage
6th October 2022 (Updated 10th October 2023) Dear Readers If the News-feed from the ITV Granada Reports Website is anything to go by it is clear how little of ITV.Plc’s flagship North West Regional TV News- service covers areas north of the M62 Corridor. It would appear that Cumbria has not been covered since August.Continue reading “ITV Granada Reports does not serve its viewers who live North of Preston with Geographic- Appropriate Regional News- coverage”