Editor(s) Alex Chandler First episode date 4 January 1993 Genre News | Original language(s) English Camera setup Multi-camera Presented by Nina Hossain Language English | |
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Location(s) ITN Studios,Grays Inn Road, London, England Running time 30 minutes(main 18:00 show) Similar ITV News, ITV Lunchtime News, ITV News at Ten, BBC London News, ITV Weekend News Profiles | ||
ITV News London is a regional news programme for the ITV London region (previously Carlton/LWT), produced by ITN.
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LNN
The programme launched on Monday 4 January 1993 as London Tonight, after Carlton Television won the London weekday franchise from previous holder Thames Television. London Tonight was originally produced by London News Network – a joint venture between Carlton and LWT designed to provide a sole ITV regional news service for the London area, broadcasting seven days a week. Its creation established a continuity between the once separate services and presentation of weekend and weekday news, weather and sport in the region, previously provided by Thames News and LWT News.
The flagship programme, initially an hour long and presented by Alastair Stewart and Fiona Foster, was supplemented by shorter London Today bulletins, launched on New Year's Day 1993 (LWT discontinued its own local news service over the weekend). The main evening programme was reduced to 30 minutes a year later, while from 25 November 1996 to September 2001, a half-hour lunchtime edition of London Today was broadcast on weekdays.
In addition to regional news, London News Network also produced a wide range of regional programming for both Carlton and LWT as well as providing transmission services for both stations.
ITN
In 2004, ITV London owners Carlton and Granada merged, forming ITV plc with LNN being dissolved soon after. Production for all ITV London News programming remained at The London Studios (formerly known as the LWT South Bank Centre) until 29 February 2004, when it was taken over by the national Channel 3 news provider ITN and moved to their headquarters in Central London, making the region the only operation not to produce its own news programmes in-house. Around 40 jobs were lost with the closure of LNN, although the programme retained its own editorial team. London Tonight was unaffected by the ITV regional news cuts in February 2009. On 4 July 2012, ITV News editor Deborah Turness informed London Tonight employees a third of staff would be made redundant, with ITV News and London Tonight both sharing newsgathering and studios from 1 October 2012. On Monday 14 January 2013, the service was relaunched and renamed as ITV News London.
Nina Hossain has been main presenter of the programme since June 2010.
Broadcast times
ITV News London airs on ITV London seven days a week.
Notable on air team
Note: In addition to the dedicated ITV News London presenters and reporters listed below, ITV News and regional ITV journalists may appear for supporting or relief purposes. The Lunchtime programme is presented by the same presenter as the ITV Lunchtime News and the weekend programme is presented by the same presenter as the ITV Weekend News which is straight after the programme.
Current notable on air team
Former notable on air team