ITV News West Country
| ITV News West Country | |
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Title card for the west sub-region, depicting Smeaton's Tower
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| Presented by |
Kylie Pentelow Mark Longhurst |
| Country of origin | England, United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Ian Axton (Head of News) |
| Location(s) | Bristol, England |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 30 minutes (main 18:00 show) |
| Production company(s) | ITV West Country |
| Release | |
| Original network |
ITV West ITV Westcountry |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV 16:9) |
| Original release | 16 February 2009 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by |
The West Tonight, Westcountry Live |
| External links | |
| www |
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ITV News West Country is a regional news service covering South West England, produced by ITV West Country.
The nightly regional news programme was launched on 16 February 2009 as The West Country Tonight, following the merger of two regional news services – The West Tonight (ITV West) and Westcountry Live (ITV Westcountry).
ITV News West Country is broadcast from the ITV West Country studios in Bristol, with reporters and camera crews also based in newsrooms at Plymouth, Exeter, Truro, Taunton, Swindon and Gloucester.
From 24 November 2016, ITV News West Country began broadcasting in HD to the ITV West and ITV Westcountry regions on Sky and Freesat only. At present, Freeview and Virgin Media carry the ITV News Central region on ITV HD in the West and Westcountry, requiring these viewers to use the standard definition ITV channel for their regional ITV News West Country service.
When the programme first launched, it was presented by ITV West presenters Lisa Aziz and Steve Scott (formerly of The West Tonight). However, Aziz was suspended in June 2009 from her position and officially left ITV West in February 2010 with former Westcountry Live freelancer Vanessa Cuddeford taking over. Scott left his position to become Sports Editor for ITV News in May 2010, and was replaced by former Meridian Tonight presenter Ian Axton.
Bristol-based district correspondent Cordelia Lynch became a stand-in main presenter for Cuddeford from May 2012 when she went on maternity leave. Both Cuddeford and Lynch announced their departures from ITV West Country a year later. Kylie Pentelow of BBC East Midlands Today replaced Cuddeford from July 2013.
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