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The last edition of the programme from Studio B at New Broadcasting House on Oxford Road aired on 27 November 2011 and was also the last broadcast from the studios after 36 years of operation. The programme's first broadcast from the BBC's Salford Quays studios took place the following day, during
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is broadcast every weeknight between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. A late-night 15-minute edition of the programme is broadcast Monday to Friday at 10.30pm, following the
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The TV news service was refocused to cover the North West and Yorkshire areas, when separate bulletins for the North East and Cumbria were introduced in 1959.
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was the programme's first dedicated weather presenter, working on the programme until shortly before her sudden death from ovarian cancer in January 2019.
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and provided a news opt-out for the area at lunchtime. Following viewer complaints, Cumbrian news coverage was switched back to the Newcastle edition of
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airs short early evening bulletins on Saturday and Sunday evenings, although times vary. A late-night bulletin is broadcast on Sundays, following the
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at 25 and 55 minutes past the hour, between 6:25am and 9:00am. A 10-minute lunchtime bulletin airs at around 1:35pm, within the
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Between 1986 and 1989, the programme also covered parts of Cumbria previously served by the Newcastle edition of
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By 1962, the nightly bulletins had been extended to 20 minutes and evolved into the magazine programme
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At this point, production moved to a small studio at Broadcasting House, situated above a bank at
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BBC television news from Manchester began on 30 September 1957, with a nightly bulletin entitled
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The programme can be watched in any part of the United Kingdom (and Europe) from Astra 1N on
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For the first two years, the short weeknight bulletins were produced and broadcast from the
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was again refocused to cover the North West area, following the launch of a third
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and shared with the BBC's radio and newsgathering facilities in Manchester.
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was introduced on 3 September 1984 to coincide with the launch of the
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was chief reporter, as well as a presenter, producer and editor of
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for 24 hours, like the BBC's other television news bulletins.
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programme from Leeds. The programme was renamed in 1980 as
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BBC television news programme for North West England
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