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Let's have a Yorkshire Six and a Midlands Six, and Eastern counties Six - all of these areas have similar population to that of Scotland.
I guess each region doing a full hour could work along the same lines as how local radio combines national material from GNS with their own stuff.
Or a West Midlands Six and East Midlands Six. If this happened (as a dual TV Region/Government Regions) they should remain separate programmes. In ITV's case what they did to the Midlands regarding News was disgraceful considering they are the only C3 Franchise to be counted as a Dual Region (not two Sub-Regions). Let's say Border and Westcountry probably had less to complain about when they lost their News programming! Therefore I feel if this happened on ITV too, they should be made to at least reinstate a live bulletin for both parts of the dual Region (hopefully made in their respective West/East areas).
Doubt this will happen anyway, when was the last time the BBC/ITV did much for the Midlands...
I think the easiest option would be to essentially extend Reporting Scotland to an hour bulletin, with at least 15 minutes of national & international news. Any live interviews on national/international items could be done in the second half of the programme, so wouldn't clash with the main national news (and their live interviews).
I don't think having a standalone programme on BBC2 is a practical or cost-effective option. Worth noting a similar programme as such already exists in the form of 'Scotland 2015' which is on at 10:30pm (with Newsnight being shifted to 11pm). Also if Scotland was given it's own 'Scottish Six' you could almost guarantee the Welsh would then demand their own 'Welsh Six'.
I don't think having a standalone programme on BBC2 is a practical or cost-effective option. Worth noting a similar programme as such already exists in the form of 'Scotland 2015' which is on at 10:30pm (with Newsnight being shifted to 11pm). Also if Scotland was given it's own 'Scottish Six' you could almost guarantee the Welsh would then demand their own 'Welsh Six'.
Let's have a Yorkshire Six and a Midlands Six, and Eastern counties Six - all of these areas have similar population to that of Scotland.
I guess each region doing a full hour could work along the same lines as how local radio combines national material from GNS with their own stuff.
Or a West Midlands Six and East Midlands Six. If this happened (as a dual TV Region/Government Regions) they should remain separate programmes. In ITV's case what they did to the Midlands regarding News was disgraceful considering they are the only C3 Franchise to be counted as a Dual Region (not two Sub-Regions). Let's say Border and Westcountry probably had less to complain about when they lost their News programming! Therefore I feel if this happened on ITV too, they should be made to at least reinstate a live bulletin for both parts of the dual Region (hopefully made in their respective West/East areas).
Doubt this will happen anyway, when was the last time the BBC/ITV did much for the Midlands...