''BBC Points West'' (known as ''News West'' from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional TV news programme for the

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, covering

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, the majority of

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and

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, northern, eastern and parts of western and southern

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& North

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History

Regional television news in the West of England began in September 1957 with daily short bulletins. Around this time, news bulletins for the West shared a 5–10 minute timeslot with Welsh news bulletins as the Wenvoe transmitter on the western outskirts of Cardiff was serving viewers in both south Wales and the West of England. The West's regional bulletins were relaunched in 1962 as ''Points West'' but still shared the new 25-minute timeslot with '' Wales Today''. The launch of a dedicated

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television station in February 1964 allowed ''Points West'' to become a full-length regional news programme broadcast only to the West of England. Between 1991 and 2000, the programme was known as ''BBC News West''.

Notable presenters and reporters

* David Garmston *

Alex Lovell Alexandra "Alex" Lovell (born 28 March 1973) is an English television presenter and voice-over artist. She has presented the BBC's regional news programme '' BBC Points West'' since 2005. Early life Lovell was born in Gravesend, Kent, grew up ...

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Fiona Lamdin Fiona Lamdin (born 1975–76) is an English journalist who currently works on BBC Points West. Career Lamdin's first role as a journalist was in Ecuador working for a radio station, during which she interviewed former US President Jimmy Carte ...

Former presenters and reporters

* Chris Vacher * Susan Osman *

Gerald Hine-Haycock Gerald William Vaughan Hine-Haycock (born 1951), known in his earlier broadcasting career as ''Gerald Haycock'', is a British broadcasting journalist of over thirty years' standing. He is a former correspondent for Independent Television News an ...

(as Gerald Haycock) * Michael Buerk * Armine Sandford * Vivien Creegor *

Sue Carpenter Sue Carpenter (born 17 May 1956 in London, England) is a United Kingdom former newsreader and television presenter. She graduated in English Literature and Icelandic at King's College London in 1977. After presenting regional BBC news programme ...

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* Saima Mohsin *Rachel Hicks * Richard Angwin (Weather) * Jeremy Carrad * Nick Tresillian

References

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History

Notable presenters and reporters

Former presenters and reporters

See also

References

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