RE Stephen Oliver’s letter (HAS, Nov 4) concerning the regional news bulletin on ITV Tyne Tees and Border last Sunday.
Since February, we have been serving the separate audiences in the Tyne Tees and Border regions with programmes local to each area at 6pm and after the late ITV News each weekday.
At weekends, our bulletins do cover the whole of the Tyne Tees and Border region, and stories are produced from our newsrooms in Gateshead, Billingham and Carlisle which are all in operation seven days a week. Inevitably, some of these bulletins will feature lead stories from Cumbria and some from the North-East.
I hope that Mr Oliver will see that balance reflected in our output over a period of time, rather than by sampling the content of one edition.
Lucy West, Acting Head of News, ITV Tyne Tees and Border.
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