BBC Regional News

A short news bulletin, from back in the days when the North East was served by 'BBC North'. The North region would be separated out again with Cumbria brought into the name in 1997.

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Look North is the name used across several of the Northern regions for the news programmes. This is the pre-corporate-look Newcastle version, serving the North East and Cumbria.

The map-based titles for Look North after the BBC introduced their corporate look across all the regions.

In September 2002, the BBC regions all adopted the 'LDN' style titles. This basically means pictures of people/places, rather than the maps. Here are the Newcastle Look North titles, showing scenes from the North East and Cumbria.

The end titles from the Septermber 2002 look.

The North East and Cumbria version of Look North up to July 14th 2019, with the region having broken away from the standard reds and greys to inject their own colour into the news titles.

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The introduction of the Reith refresh to the BBC regions on 15th July 2019 brought the North East and Cumbria titles back in alignment with the other regions once more. Here shown on their first lunchtime bulletin on launch day.

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From the first day of the Reith refresh in July 2019, BBC North East and Cumbria's updated Look North opening titles and headline sequence. There were no special late titles for the region on their late bulletin.

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A young Ian White introduces the short late bulletin from Look North (Yorkshire) on the first day of 1999.

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The generic BBC News 'map' titles have arrived at BBC Yorkshire, but widescreen broadcasting is still a way off. What's the best way to fix this conundrum? Simple, just run the titles squashed anamorphicly! Helen Chéné presents a short bulletin, with the top headline being the 2000 fuel blockades coming to an end.

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Well, in actual fact it's BBC North, as when this was recorded, the region hadn't been split, and still served Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and the North Midlands.

Ian White again presenting another short bulletin for BBC Yorkshire. The map titles showing an enlarged area versus those on the regular evening bulletins.

Look North again, but now localised to just the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region. Presented here by Harry Gration, Christa Ackroyd and Clare Frisby

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The LDN-style people titles, introduced in September 2002.

The 2002 opening titles to the then recently created Humberside opt out (presented from Hull).

The 2002 closing titles for Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

The titles for Look North in the main BBC Yorkshire region, used until mid-July 2019.

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The titles for Look North in the East Yorkshire and Lincoln parts of the Yorkshire region, used until mid-July 2019.

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The main BBC Yorkshire region saw it's own refreshed titles as part of the nationwide rollout of the Reith font on 15th July. Shown here into the first lunchtime bulletin.

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The opening titles to the first evening edition of Yorkshire's Look North after the Reith refresh in July 2019.

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Outdoor shots at night from around the region make up the late titles for the Yorkshire edition of Look North.

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The Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region see their titles refreshed with the Reith font from 1.30pm on 15th July 2019.

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Some buildings at night, mixed with shots of nightlife, make up the late titles for the East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire edition of Look North.

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Finally - A programme with a different name. Actually, they have different names for each programme. North West Today is the lunchtime programme, whilst North West Tonight is for the evenings. Both featured Gordon Burns, showing where he got to in his post-Krypton Factor days.

The Ending from North West Today.

The North West version of the 'people' titles, introduced in September 2002.

2005 and the titles have moved on, designed to look even more like London's, right down to them listing channel numbers and frequencies. Of course whether we really needed reminding BBC One is on Freeview Channel 1 is open for some debate, but it keeps it complete I guess!

BBC North West celebrated 50 years of North West Tonight (under varying titles) on 26th March 2018, with a potted look through their archives of the past 50 years in the region - even featuring some contributions from the good folks at Transdiffusion. Featured here is both the headline bed, with a recreated BBC1 North West mirror globe, and the report itself. Weather presenter Diane Oxberry, who's first appearance in the mid 90s featured in the lookback, would sadly pass less than a year after this feature was aired.

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The set of titles used on North West Tonight up until July 14th 2019, featuring shots from around the region.

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With the North West being one of the few BBC regions to retain different names for the daytime and evening shows, the refreshed Reith font titles introduced on 15th July premiered first as 'North West Today' at 1.30pm.

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The evening programme titles for the North West after the Reith refresh of July 2019. Featuring lots of shots of the region once more, but with the different programme name on the end.

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Outdoor drone footage shot in the dark makes up the late titles to BBC's North West Tonight bulletin. First aired on 15th July 2019.

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The graphics for all news output from the BBC was refreshed in April 2022 to introduce the new BBC logo that had first began appearing the previous October. The refreshed version of the BBC North West Tonight titles.

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The sunday political programme for the North West, with the titles created in the BBC Generic News style.

Serving the West of England, a short BBC News West bulletin from 1999. With host David Passmore.

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The extended version of the 'News West' titles, to introduce the main 6pm bulletin for the West. The News West name would continue in use until 2000, when the 'Points West' name would be reintroduced, having been dropped originally in the early 90s.

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BBC's news in the West of the country, with titles featuring local shots, used until July 2019.

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In line with all the other regions, Points West received a refreshed set of titles on July 15th 2019, using the BBC's own Reith font for all graphics.

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The July 2019 opening to an evening edition of Points West, from the first day of the refresh.

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The late titles to BBC Points West, featuring night time shots from around the region.

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The refreshed titles for BBC Points West from April 2022, bringing the updated BBC logo to the news output.

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The local news from London. For a time this would go out in place of regional bulletins on News 24, particularly during 'Breakfast'. In later years, this was generally replaced with a cut to more sports news on the BBC News Channel opts. The LDN brand wasn't to last long, reverting to using the full 'London' name.

The news for BBC London up to July 2019, still remaining a bit of an oddity in their way of naming the programme for the London region.

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London's version of the Reith titles, introduced at 1.30 on 15th July 2019. The region continues to have a slightly different endboard design to the rest of the network due to their lack of a distinct programme name.

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BBC London's version of the new Reith titles for their main evening programme, first introduced in July 2019.

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Lots of shots of London at night for the late edition of their local news, first aired on July 15th 2019.

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The BBC London titles were refreshed in April 2022 as part of an introduction of the new BBC blocks logo to all news output.

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