No ITV News Summary at 3pm

The Morning News is *very* useful for the country's growing number of night workers, there are millions of us scurrying around keeping the place going -- and it is a good programme, usually featuring several reports from the various regional news programmes also.

There are live reports, not *big* names, but recognisable ones anyway, and daytime people like Joyce Ohajah get some anchoring duties as well. The Morning News can preview the things that are expected to happen in the day ahead, market figures if you're that way inclined, as well as other facts and statistics getting their first outing of the day.

Don't forget GMTV is only half an hour later and the News Hour manages many reporters, Cordelia Kretzschmar, Sue James, Alan Fisher etc to be on the scene for two-ways and interviews too.

The paper review is ok [better when they have to hold them up if the little over-the-shoulder camera isn't working], and the foregone conclusion text poll is always interesting for revealing the right-wing views of nocturnal people.

I haven't saw the Morning News for a while you see, though Owen Thomas always brightened up my morning!
It used to seem a bit cheaper than the other bulletins, as it uses the yellow/blue them but with the old style headlines and logos. There was also no voiceover announcing the anchors name, I don't know if it has changed much.

No summary again today...

There won't be on any other day either, so I don't know why you bothered to check.

Why? Do you know something we don't?

Now how likely is that?

Ignoring Digifiend's 'I think its true therefore its fact and everyone who doesn't know is an idiot' view, it does seem its gone as the listings next week just give "3.00pm Local News".

The ITV Lunchtime News was extended by 2 mins, with the regional bit starting at 12.50 rather than 12.48. Des and Mel and Everything Must Go also started a bit late, and the regional slot at 3pm starts on time and is 2 mins longer than previously.

Rather than extending the regional slot, it'd be better if they could start CITV at 3.13pm

Having a quick fiddle with my calculator I've worked out this gives another 8 and a half hours worth of regional news over the year - so I wonder if it's an ITC quota thing or something to help the merger push through ("We are still regional, honest!")?

Some regions seem to be filling the time with extra trailers and PIFs though!

I noticed that the late regional news on Grampian last night was on at 23.50. Any idea why it was not aired during the ITV news at 10 something?? It also ended mid story - no goodnight from the presenter or anything - was this nationwide or jus an SMG thing??

No - he just thinks he does.....

I too noticed the late night regional news was on at 11.50pm last night - Jonathan Hill presented it here in Wales. I expect Lucy Cohen will tonight.

I never really saw the point in the 3pm ITV News summary anyway, OK it gives you a quick round-up but either make it worthwhile (ie at least 5 mins long) or dont bother. And with the ITV News channel on 24/7 we dont really need these small summaries.