BBC East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire is the name for the BBC's twelfth English region, created from the division of the former BBC North region, based in Leeds (now known as BBC Yorkshire ).

Programmes & History

Announced as part of the BBC's 'Project Hull ' investment in October 2001, the TV Region initially began as a 7-minute sub-opt of the main 6:30pm Look North regional news programme and was presented by Clare Frisby from the BBC's studios above the Post Office at 9 Chapel Street, Hull. The region also had its own 10:25pm news bulletins, presented by Helen Philpot . This was made possible by the fact that the area had two main transmitters; Emley Moor, serving most of Yorkshire (a population of around 4 million), and Belmont, serving East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, as well as parts of north Norfolk around the Wash (a population of around 1.7 million). It was also around this time that the name BBC North was dropped, and BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire was adopted as the regional name by the Leeds broadcasting centre.

On 11 November 2002, Look North for East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire launched as a full 27-minute 6:30pm news programme, presented by Peter Levy and Helen Fospero (nee Morton) from a converted studio at Chapel Street, with the two presenters alternating presenting the late bulletin.

In April 2004, the BBC in Hull moved to its new larger premises at Queens Court in Queens Gardens. On 21 June 2004, Look North was relaunched as the new TV studio was completed; the two regions of BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire based in Hull, and BBC Yorkshire based in Leeds, were now officially regions within their own right. BBC Yorkshire and Lincolnshire's first Head of Regional and Local Programmes (HRLP) was Helen Thomas, appointed in March 2004. The first Editor of Look North was Roger Farrant, whose departure to Bristol led to the appointment of Steve Punter as Editor in November 2004.

In September 2004 BBC Yorkshire & Lincolnshire began providing additional bulletins during Breakfast, at 1:30pm, during afternoons and at weekends, in effect becoming a region in its own right. It does however, still cover important news stories from the BBC Yorkshire region, with which it continues to work closely.

External links

• Official BBC Look North Website