16th October 2024 Dear Readers The last few days has provided yet another reminder why BBC1 North West Tonight, despite showing more news about Cumbria and Lancashire than ITV1 Granada Reports, remains well- short of a geographically- appropriate Regional TV news-service for communities across the northern half of North West England. Over the last fewContinue reading “The BBC Must Provide Appropriate Regional TV News for Cumbrians and North Lancastrians”
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PICTURES OF THE LAKES, CUMBRIA FLOODS AND APPLEBY HORSE FAIR NOT BEING COVERED
25th May 2024 Dear Readers The folk living across this large rural area of northern North West England, dealing with wet weather, flooding and the spring lambs weathering it, must have a sense of utter bewilderment at what they see on their “local” TV at times. Why, for BBC1 North West Tonight last night, 24thContinue reading “PICTURES OF THE LAKES, CUMBRIA FLOODS AND APPLEBY HORSE FAIR NOT BEING COVERED”
ITV1 Granada Reports should cover all North West England in Statistics or Stop Advertising as Covering the North West
24th July 2021 Over this weekend ITV Granada reported that there were seven death due to youngsters and men drowning whilst swimming in rivers and in the sea in North West England (see here for report: https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-07-21/safety-plea-to-heatwave-swimmers-after-teenagers-die-in-the-water) then that a 19 year-old man from Preston, who drowned on the Lancashire coast became the eighth personContinue reading “ITV1 Granada Reports should cover all North West England in Statistics or Stop Advertising as Covering the North West”
ITV Granada Reports is shocking for any Cumbrians and North Lancastrians who have no alternative Regional News- Not a mention of Cumbria in over a week!
Granada Reports is ITV’s flagship Regional News programme covering North West England and the Isle of Man. For sure the news-reports are undoubtedly popular in Manchester, Liverpool and other conurbations along the River Mersey (where over 60% of the news reported is within a 30-mile radius of such locations) and viewers there warm to LucyContinue reading “ITV Granada Reports is shocking for any Cumbrians and North Lancastrians who have no alternative Regional News- Not a mention of Cumbria in over a week!”