ITV News Tyne Tees

ITV News Tyne Tees is a regional television news and current affairs programme, produced by ITV Tyne Tees & Border at its studios in Gateshead, and serving the "Tyne Tees" part of the region (Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire).

The programme is broadcast at 6pm with a short bulletin at 10.30pm each weekday. The remainder of the ITV Tyne Tees & Border region (i.e. "Border") consists of Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway, and the Scottish Borders, instead receives Lookaround in these time slots.

1959–1996
On 16 January 1959 the original Tyne Tees Television news service was launched as North East Roundabout and broadcasted each Friday. On 30 March 1964 it begun airing nightly with the modified name North East Newsview. In 1969 the station's first color television news programme was broadcast under the new name of Today at Six. From 6 September 1976 the stations longest running programme Northern Life aired with notable presenters Paul Frost and Pam Royle. On 5 October 1992 this was replaced by Tyne Tees Today (and from 31 March 1993 a sub-regional service would be known as Network North for South of the region only). In November 1995 both Tyne Tees Today and Network North were renamed to Tyne Tees News although separate news services for the North and South of the region unaffected. In January 1996 this was joined by lifestyle programme Tonight.

1996–2005
On Monday 2 September 1996 following the defection of the popular Mike Neville to Tyne Tees from the BBC's Look North after 32 years, North East Tonight was launched, replacing two separate news services and a lifestyle programme.

Mike Neville announced his retirement from the programme on 5 June 2006 after almost a year on sick leave.

2005–2009
In August 2005, following chief presenter Mike Neville's absence the month prior, North East Tonight opted for two separate news services for the Tyne Tees region once again:
 * North: (Northumberland and Tyne and Wear), broadcast from the Pontop Pike and Chatton transmitters.
 * South: (County Durham, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire), broadcasting from the Bilsdale transmitter.

Other bulletins including GMTV bulletins, weekday lunchtime, weekday late, and weekend early evening were pan-regional.

2009–present
In September 2007, ITV plc announced that Tyne Tees' newsroom would be merged with ITV Border, subject to Ofcom approval.

On 26 September 2008, Ofcom (the Office of Communications, the UK's broadcasting regulator) authorised ITV's plans to save £40 million a year by making regional programming cutbacks. These include axing mid-morning bulletins on weekdays and lunchtime bulletins at weekends, merging a number of regions and axing most non-news regional programmes.

As part of major ITV regional news cuts, taking place from November 2008 to February 2009, around 50 staff were made redundant or accepted voluntary redundancy at ITV Tyne Tees. On 16 December 2008, Press Gazette leaked that journalists were told that leaving collections were banned, along with leaving presentations and on-screen goodbyes. In a staff memo, head of news Catherine Houlihan cited the ban was because of the large number of staff being made redundant at the station. One worker told Press Gazette that "morale is at rock bottom".

The final North and South sub-regional editions of North East Tonight aired on 13 February 2009.

ITV Tyne Tees & Border was formed on 25 February 2009, with Lookaround and North East Tonight titles retained for the 6pm programme and late bulletin each weekday, whilst shorter bulletins were known simply as Tyne Tees & Border News. On 14 January 2013, the news service was relaunched and rebranded as ITV News Lookaround and ITV News Tyne Tees. Pan-regional bulletins are now branded as ITV News Tyne Tees & Border.

The remaining sub-regional elements are:
 * The opening 15 minutes of the main 6pm programme.
 * Full late night bulletins on weeknights, following ITV News at Ten.
 * Localised weather forecasts.

Both sub-regional editions utilise exactly the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two opt-outs - depending on the day's news - is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast.

The news service is produced and broadcast from the exsisting ITV Tyne Tees studios at The Watermark, Gateshead with reporters also based at bureaux in Billingham, the University of Sunderland and York. The Head of News is Michaela Byrne.

Broadcast times
ITV News Tyne Tees airs on ITV Tyne Tees each weeknight with shorter pan-regional bulletins for the Tyne Tees and Border regions airing seven days a week.

On weekdays, three short bulletins are broadcast during Daybreak at 6:07am, 7:05am and 8:05am with a six-minute lunchtime bulletin at 1:55pm, following the ITV News at 1:30. The main half-hour programme airs at 6pm with a late bulletin at 10:30pm, following the ITV News at Ten.

At weekends, two 15-minute editions of ITV News Tyne Tees and Border are broadcast - one later on Saturday afternoons and another on Sunday evenings.

Current on air team
N.B. Persons marked with an asterisk are also a stand-in presenter/newsreader.

Presenters

 * News presenters
 * Ian Payne – Main presenter/newsreader
 * Helen Pearson – Newsreader
 * Pam Royle – Main presenter/newsreader


 * Weather presenters
 * Kerrie Gosney (based at ITV Yorkshire; freelance contract)
 * Ross Hutchinson

Correspondents

 * District Correspondents
 * Julia Barthram – Sunderland
 * Jonny Blair – Teesside
 * Rachel Bullock – Teesside *
 * Helen Ford – Tyneside *
 * Claire Montgomery – Teesside *
 * Derek Proud – Northumberland
 * Frances Read – County Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire


 * Specialist Correspondents
 * Dan Ashby – Education
 * Ben Chapman – Business *
 * Gerry Foley – Political
 * Simon O'Rourke – Sport *
 * Kenny Toal – Consumer *

Former on air team

 * Edward Baran
 * Jason Beresford
 * Jo Blythe (Granada Reports and ITV News Central)
 * Jeff Brown (BBC Look North)
 * Kay Burley (Sky News)
 * Clare Burton (BBC Channel Islands)
 * Penny Bustin
 * Maria Coyle
 * Tom Coyne
 * Andy Craig
 * Natalie Crook
 * Gregg Easteal (Daybreak)
 * Kate Fisher (ITV News Central)
 * Chris Ford (Premier League Productions)
 * Andrew Friend
 * Paul Frost
 * Sarah Gatenby
 * Simon Gilbert
 * Pete Graves (Sky Sports News)
 * Ian Haslam (BBC North West Tonight)


 * Julie Harrison
 * Ruth Holliday (Sky Tyne and Wear)
 * Kim Inglis (freelance with Lookaround)
 * Eleanor Jeffrey (deceased)
 * Bob Johnson
 * Sarah Kelly
 * Andy Kerr (Al Jazeera English)
 * Andy Kluz
 * Phil Lavelle (BBC Breakfast)
 * John Lawrence
 * Judi Lines
 * Debbie Lindley (The Pulse)
 * Vicky Locklin (Radio One Mallorca)
 * Jake Lynch
 * Stuart MacNeil
 * Carol Malia (BBC Look North)
 * Shelagh Mathieson
 * Lesley McNish
 * Heather McWilliam
 * Lucy Meacock (Granada Reports and ITV News)


 * Jon Mitchell (Calendar)
 * Jonathan Morrell (720 ABC Perth)
 * Samantha Nanda
 * Mike Neville
 * Tiffany Royce (Daybreak)
 * Morland Sanders
 * Brian Shallcross
 * Peter Shoesmith
 * Kate Silverton (BBC Breakfast, BBC News)
 * Roger Thames
 * Dawn Thewlis (BBC Look North)
 * Philippa Tomson (Sky News)
 * Alex Watson
 * Mark Warr
 * Huw Weekes (deceased)
 * Dennis Wheeler
 * Wincey Willis
 * Claire Wilson
 * Duncan Wood (Calendar)
 * Jane Wyatt