ITV News Anglia

ITV News Anglia is the regional news service for the ITV Anglia region. The flagship weekday 6pm programme is presented by Becky Jago and Jonathan Wills.

History
Anglia News replaced the long-running news magazine programme About Anglia on Monday, 9 July 1990. Initially, there were two sub-regional editions for the East (Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex), and West (Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, northern Hertfordshire, northern Buckinghamshire and southern Lincolnshire).

The main programme title was amended to Anglia News Tonight in September 2003 however just five months later in February 2004 it was simplified to Anglia Tonight. Both editions were broadcast from Norwich.

By 2008, Anglia News opts during GMTV and weekend bulletins had become pan-regional.

As of 12 February 2009, all programming on weekdays became pan-regional. The final sub-regional 6pm editions of Anglia Tonight were broadcast on Wednesday 11 February 2009. Becky Jago and Jonathan Wills anchored the programme in 2012.

The then remaining sub-regional elements were:
A 6-minute opt-out during the main 6pm programme.
The full 8-minute late weeknight bulletins.
Localised weather forecasts.

Both sub-regional editions utilise exactly the same presenter(s) and studio/set, therefore one of the two opt-outs - depending on the day's news - is pre-recorded 'as live' shortly before broadcast.

On Monday, 14 January 2013, the service was relaunched and renamed as ITV News Anglia.

On 23 July 2013, proposals for a more localised Channel 3 news service were approved - ITV News Anglia reintroduced separate East and West programmes with a minimum of 20 minutes local news content during the half hour 6pm programme, in addition to separate weekday daytime and weekend bulletins for the two sub-regions. The expanded sub-regional service launched on Monday 16 September 2013.

Broadcast times
ITV News Anglia  airs on ITV Anglia seven days a week. 

Three short opts air as part of Good Morning Britain at approximately 6:10am, 7:10am and 8:10am.
A four minute lunchtime bulletin, following the ITV Lunchtime News.
The main half-hour 6pm programme, before the ITV Evening News.
A ten minute late-night bulletin, following ITV News at Ten.
At weekends, a short five minute bulletin before the early evening ITV Weekend News.

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