BBC London News (referred to onscreen as BBC London) is the BBC's regional television news programme for Greater London and its surrounding areas. Its local competitor is ITV News London, which is produced by ITN for ITV London.
BBC London News is broadcast seven days a week on BBC One in London and the surrounding areas, with three-minute updates during BBC Breakfast and 15-minute bulletins after the BBC News at One and the BBC News at Ten. The flagship programme airs between 6.30pm and 7pm each weekday after the BBC News at Six and is usually presented by Riz Lateef. Weekend bulletins are broadcast on Saturday and Sunday evenings. Lateef became the main presenter of the flagship programme in March 2006, when she replaced Emily Maitlis who left to join the BBC News Channel and BBC Two's Newsnight.
Weather forecasts are included within bulletins, presented by either Kate Kinsella or Elizabeth Rizzini. The weekday evening weather forecast is usually presented from the roof of the programme's production base at BBC Broadcasting House or at the location of an outside broadcast from earlier in the programme. Other forecasts are presented primarily from within the BBC London News studio or the BBC Weather studio.
Originally broadcast from studios in Marylebone High Street, the programme moved to the newly built Egton Wing of Broadcasting House in January 2013. Egton Wing was subsequently renamed John Peel Wing.[1]
The programme launched on 1 October 2001 as BBC LDN after a major reorganisation of the BBC's South East region, with the London area splitting away to form its own separate region. The previous programme, Newsroom South East, had gradually decreased in its coverage as certain areas were switched to receive other regional news programmes. Following the launch of South East Today, a brand new programme for the new South East region, Newsroom South East was effectively broadcasting solely to the London area for a short while before it became BBC London News.
During planning, the programme for London had been named London Live, also at the time the name of the region's BBC Local Radio station; titles were produced by the Lambie-Nairn design agency but never shown onscreen.[2]
The eventual title became BBC London, though the programme is always referred to by presenters as BBC London News, while programme titles were originally BBC LDN: an abbreviation of 'London'.
In 2020, the weekday lunchtime bulletin of BBC London News merged with that of South East Today to join forces with the latest on COVID-19 as BBC London and South East, hosted by the South East Today team in Tunbridge Wells.. All other bulletins remain separate between the two regions.
On 18 October 2022 (coinciding the corporation's 100 years of broadcasting) BBC London News merged production teams with BBC News at 6 and 10 teams. This resulted in them moving to Studio B in Broadcasting House for those programs. Breakfast, lunchtime, and weekend bulletins continue to produce in a redesigned Studio D of the said building.
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This article is about news bulletins known on screen as BBC London For the BBC English region see BBC London This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources BBC London News news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message BBC London News referred to onscreen as BBC London is the BBC s regional television news programme for Greater London and its surrounding areas Its local competitor is ITV News London which is produced by ITN for ITV London BBC London NewsAlso known asBBC LDN 2001 2004 BBC London in the titles Created byBBC NewsPresented byRiz Lateef and Alice BhandhukraviTheme music composerDavid LoweCountry of originUnited KingdomOriginal languageEnglishProductionProduction locationsStudio B amp D Broadcasting House LondonRunning time30 minutes main 6 30pm programme ReleaseOriginal networkBBC One LondonPicture formatDVB T 576i 16 9Original release1 October 2001 2001 10 01 presentChronologyPreceded byNewsroom South EastRelatedSouth East Today ITV News LondonBBC London News is broadcast seven days a week on BBC One in London and the surrounding areas with three minute updates during BBC Breakfast and 15 minute bulletins after the BBC News at One and the BBC News at Ten The flagship programme airs between 6 30pm and 7pm each weekday after the BBC News at Six and is usually presented by Riz Lateef Weekend bulletins are broadcast on Saturday and Sunday evenings Lateef became the main presenter of the flagship programme in March 2006 when she replaced Emily Maitlis who left to join the BBC News Channel and BBC Two s Newsnight Weather forecasts are included within bulletins presented by either Kate Kinsella or Elizabeth Rizzini The weekday evening weather forecast is usually presented from the roof of the programme s production base at BBC Broadcasting House or at the location of an outside broadcast from earlier in the programme Other forecasts are presented primarily from within the BBC London News studio or the BBC Weather studio Originally broadcast from studios in Marylebone High Street the programme moved to the newly built Egton Wing of Broadcasting House in January 2013 Egton Wing was subsequently renamed John Peel Wing 1 Contents 1 History 2 Satellite broadcast 3 Presenters 3 1 News Presenters 3 2 Weather 3 3 Former Presenters 3 4 Travel 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory EditMain article BBC London The programme launched on 1 October 2001 as BBC LDN after a major reorganisation of the BBC s South East region with the London area splitting away to form its own separate region The previous programme Newsroom South East had gradually decreased in its coverage as certain areas were switched to receive other regional news programmes Following the launch of South East Today a brand new programme for the new South East region Newsroom South East was effectively broadcasting solely to the London area for a short while before it became BBC London News During planning the programme for London had been named London Live also at the time the name of the region s BBC Local Radio station titles were produced by the Lambie Nairn design agency but never shown onscreen 2 The eventual title became BBC London though the programme is always referred to by presenters as BBC London News while programme titles were originally BBC LDN an abbreviation of London The area created for the BBC London programme to broadcast to now covers a much more tightly defined area chiefly Greater London but still including parts of Bedfordshire Essex and Hertfordshire in the East of England region and parts of Berkshire Buckinghamshire Hampshire Kent Oxfordshire Surrey and Sussex in the South East England region There is also some overlap with the editorial areas of other BBC regions in this part of England Parts of Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire Wiltshire Northamptonshire Berkshire and Gloucestershire now take an opt out of South Today 3 while most of Kent and East Sussex has since 2001 been covered by the BBC South East region based in Tunbridge Wells which produces South East Today 4 In 2020 the weekday lunchtime bulletin of BBC London News merged with that of South East Today to join forces with the latest on COVID 19 as BBC London and South East hosted by the South East Today team in Tunbridge Wells All other bulletins remain separate between the two regions On 18 October 2022 coinciding the corporation s 100 years of broadcasting BBC London News merged production teams with BBC News at 6 and 10 teams This resulted in them moving to Studio B in Broadcasting House for those programs Breakfast lunchtime and weekend bulletins continue to produce in a redesigned Studio D of the said building Satellite broadcast EditThe programme can be viewed throughout the UK and Europe on digital satellite channel 974 on the BBC UK regional TV on satellite service Presenters EditNews Presenters Edit Victoria Hollins Asad Ahmad Riz Lateef Alice Bhandhukravi Sonja Jessup Frankie McCamleyWeather Edit Georgina Burnett Matt Taylor John HammondFormer Presenters Edit Emily Maitlis 1 October 2001 24 March 2006 Mike Ramsden 2001 2011 Nina Hossain 2001 2004 Gillian Joseph 2001 2004 Matt Barbet 2003 2006 Samantha Simmonds 2004 2005 Travel Edit Katie AllenSee also Edit BBC portalBBC News BBC London BBC London and South EastReferences Edit BBC BBC to name wing of new Broadcasting House after John Peel Media Centre Archived from the original on 14 December 2019 Retrieved 6 September 2020 BBC South East BBC London News TV amp Radio Bits Retrieved 7 May 2007 dead link BBC South East South Today TV amp Radio Bits Retrieved 3 April 2007 dead link BBC South East News The TV Room Plus Archived from the original on 23 July 2012 Retrieved 5 April 2009 External links EditBBC London News at BBC Online Retrieved from https en 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