Midlands News. I tackle a range of challenging news stories as well as lighter features. I report on breaking news stories on location, and also in the studio, where I routinely present news … Find out more about Phil Upton. Rise of the BBC women as male news hosts are axed: Female presenters go solo as mixed pairings are purged in latest round of cutbacks. BBC East Midlands Today presenter Dominic Heale has decided to leave the regional news programme after two decades. Journalists are also based at newsrooms in Coventry, Shrewsbury, Stoke-on-Trent and Worcester. Midlands Today presenter Nick Owen has spoken for the first time about the latest BBC cuts - and said he hoped both he and co-host Mary Rhodes would be kept on. Richard is part of the BBC WM Sport's team and also cover other programmes. Dominic began broadcasting in 1984 and joined BBC East Midlands Today in 2000. On weekdays, 3 breakfast bulletins air as part of BBC Breakfast at 26 minutes past the hour, between 6:26am and 8:26am. https://www.bbc.co.uk/.../profiles/1kKM11bnNHY2nZn94t3k1BJ/presenters A BBC newsreader has caused controversy by calling on bosses to give her and other women presenters a clothing allowance. Find out about your favourite BBC WM presenter by clicking on the links below. I have worked at BBC East Midlands Today for 13 years and before that worked as a reporter/presenter at ITV. Fury as BBC presenter pictured marching at anti-lockdown protest in Birmingham. Former presenters have included Tom Coyne, Kay Alexander (the programme's longest serving presenter), Alan Towers, Alastair Yates, David Davies, Sue Beardsmore, Stuart Linnell, Matt Smith, Julian Worricker, Ashley Blake (who was sacked in August 2009 after a criminal court case), Suzanne Virdee and Jackie Kabler. Terry Goodwin. He later worked as a sports presenter and reporter on BBC Breakfast and BBC World. One of the first faces on BBC News 24 at its launch, Mary quickly moved on to present on BBC Breakfast, One, Six and Ten o’clock News. Anne Lundon May 2, 1986. BBC News East Midlands Today ITV News Central The Midland: External links; Website: Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news service for the West Midlands. The late night bulletin airs at 10.30pm on weeknights, following the BBC News at Ten. The programme is broadcast on BBC One from studios at the BBC's East Midlands broadcasting centre in Nottingham, also home to Radio Nottingham.The main transmitter for the programme is Waltham near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. 270 were here. It was launched in 1964 and is presented on alternating nights by Mary Rhodes or Nick Owen. News and video from across the West Midlands On iPlayer. Midlands Today. Join Phil Upton @ Breakfast, every weekday morning from 6.30am. Arshia produces Midlands Masala and occasionally presents the programme. A fifteen-minute lunchtime bulletin airs at 1:30pm, following the BBC News at One.The main edition of Midlands Today is broadcast every weeknight between 6.30pm and 7.00pm. Dan Walker, 43, was taken aback after it appeared his hilarious suggestion for his BBC Breakfast colleagues might actually happen, so much so that he … Read More » Julie Reinger Cancer, Ill Health News 2021, Wikipedia, Husband : BBC. • Terry Baddoo – reporter and presenter on Newsround during the late-1980s. The latest news, sport and weather for the East Midlands. On air. I host many high … The popular presenter of the BBC One bulletin will sign off for good on Friday, October 23. Midlands News. The programme is produced and broadcast from the BBC studios in The Mailbox, Birmingham. A love of sport led her to present and report for national BBC radio and television for over ten years, covering events including Olympics, Cricket World Cup and Wimbledon. 375,868 likes. Female BBC presenters and staff arrive at the Select committee hearing on S BBC pay. Alongside sport, Mary was a presenter on BBC 1’s live Sunday morning magazine programme Heaven and Earth. The BBC's political editor in the West Midlands is to retire after 45 years of working for the corporation, 22 of them as a presenter. Find out more about Arshia Riaz. Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. The 47-year-old is a regular weather presenter on the BBC's Midlands Today, East Midlands Today and North West Tonight regional bulletins. Midlands Today is produced by BBC Midlands and broadcasts on BBC One seven days a week. It's not surprising that BBC News doesn't do terribly well with the younger generation when the average age of its main news presenters is almost 53. East Midlands Today is the BBC's regional television news programme for the East Midlands.. The BBC is to axe its East Midlands-focused current affairs programme, Inside Out, as part of a drive to save £25m. Interesting that the average age of the presenters listed is 57 for men and 51 for women. Nick Owen and Suzanne Virdee who presented the last Midlands Today to be broadcast from Pebble Mill. Former BBC Midlands Today sport presenter Steve Lee has died suddenly aged 68. A fifteen-minute lunchtime bulletin airs at 1:30pm, following the BBC News at One. She was 'discovered' through an audition day for the BBC's multicultural programmes unit and became Midlands Today's first ever weather presenter in January 1993. Coronavirus.