ITV Tyne Tees

ITV News Tyne Tees has announced its new presenter. Amy Lea will join Ian Payne on-screen from 29th March to present the evening news programme at 6pm. “I am beyond thrilled about being the new presenter at ITV Tyne Tees,”…

Pam Royle will present her final ITV regional news bulletin this Friday (26 March). It was announced at the start of the year that Pam would be leaving as main news presenter for ITV News Tyne Tees and Border after…

Former Tyne Tees presenter Neville Wanless has died at the age of 89. “We are sad to announce the death of our former colleague Neville Wanless, who has passed away in hospital,” said ITV Tyne Tees. Neville was a part…

Tyne Tees – the ITV television franchise for North East England – is celebrating 60 years on air today. It launched on 15 January 1959 from studios at a converted warehouse in City Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, remaining in the…

Former Tyne Tees presenter Kathy Secker has died, her family has announced. “We know Kathy was held the hearts of many in the North East from her years presenting with Tyne Tees and BBC Radio, and for her work founding…

The culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced the preferred bidders for the three independently funded news consortia (IFNC) pilots to replace ITV regional news in Scotland, Wales and the Tyne Tees/Border area. The preferred bidders are: Scotland ? Scottish News…

Tyne Tees TV presenters, Jonathan Morrell and Philippa Tomson are the latest ITV Regional Presenters to be axed from their positions. Morrell and Tomson, North East Tonight presenters, will present their last bulletin in February. Pam Royle and Ian Payne…

ITV is hoping to reduce its number of regional newsrooms from 17 to nine by merging some services. The broadcaster aims to save between £35m and £40m a year to invest in programmes with the closures, but must get permission…