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The switching on of Channel 4 from all of the UK's television transmitters is completed when the relays at Cerne Abbas and Gunnislake have Channel 4 added. [58] Thamesside TV, an unlicensed TV station set up by Thameside Radio, goes on the air in London. There are only two known broadcasts. [59] [60]
4 December – Due to a clash with ITV morning broadcaster TV-am for a 0900 UK time kick off, Scottish Television production Scotsport is screened on Channel 4 for the only time, broadcasting Australia v Scotland in a 1986 Football World Cup Qualifier.
STV launches separate news services for the East and West of the STV Central region, initially as a five-minute opt out within the 6:00 pm edition of Scotland Today on weeknights. 9 January Sky News hires Meridian Tonight presenter Charlotte Hawkins to co-present Sunrise alongside Eamonn Holmes; she makes her debut on 15 January. [7] 12 January
BBC News (known as BBC World News until 2023) is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. – a subsidiary of BBC Studios – and operated by the BBC News division of the BBC.
2 February – ITV plc is formed from the merger of Carlton and Granada.The new company controls 90% of the ITV network. [13]The News at 10:30 debuts on ITV1. [14] On the same day, ITV News is revamped with a new studio making extensive use of computer graphics that is nicknamed the 'Theatre of News', whilst regional news programmes adopt a new generic presentation package.
1 March – The monopoly on listings magazines ends with the deregulation of TV listings. Before today, Radio Times published only BBC listings and TVTimes ITV only (and from 1982, Channel 4, including S4C in a pull-out supplement Sbec). However, from this day, they can carry listings for all channels.
29 May – The official opening of the UK's first undercover shopping centre, at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. [ 21 ] 17 June – A missing persons investigation is launched in Fallowfield , Manchester, as police search for 12-year-old Keith Bennett who was last seen on his way to his grandmother's house yesterday evening, he is a victim of the ...
The World Today, styled also as The World Today with Maryam Moshiri is a news programme that premiered on both UK feed and international feed of BBC News channel on 21 February 2024. The programme is mainly hosted by Maryam Moshiri .