BBC Points West
Programme titles
Format	Regional News
Presented by	Chris Vacher Alex Lovell (Main anchors) Richard Angwin Ian Fergusson (Weather presenters)
Production
Producer(s)	BBC West
Running time	Main bulletin: 30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC One West
Original run	1957 – present

BBC Points West (known as News West from June 1991 until May 2000) is the BBC's regional news programme for the West of England, covering Bristol, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire. Produced by BBC West, the programme is produced from the BBC Broadcasting Centre at Whiteladies Road, Bristol with reporters also based at newsrooms in Bath, Taunton, Swindon and Gloucester. The main presenters are Chris Vacher, Alex Lovell, David Garmston and Amanda Parr. Past presenters include Michael Buerk, Shaun Ley and Susan Osman.

The programme can be watched in any part of the UK via Sky Digital channel 986 and Freesat channel 965 (101 in the West itself). As it is free-to-air, it is also available throughout Europe via a digital satellite system pointed at Astra 2D.The latest edition can be watched again on the Points West website at any time.

Contents 1 The team 1.1 Main presenters 1.2 Sports presenters 1.3 Weather presenters 1.4 Other presenters 1.5 BSL presenters 1.6 Reporters 1.7 District correspondents 1.8 Specialist correspondents 1.9 General reporter 1.10 Past presenters 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] The team

Currently, the Points West on-air team consists of the following:

[edit] Main presenters

Chris Vacher Alex Lovell

David Garmston (stand-in, also presents The Politics Show West) Amanda Parr (stand-in)

[edit] Sports presenters

David Passmore (Sports Editor)

Matthew Pick

[edit] Weather presenters

Richard Angwin Ian Fergusson

Jemma Cooper

[edit] Other presenters

Tony Arnese Sally Challoner Seb Choudhury Will Glennon

Fiona Lamdin Imogen Sellers Madeleine Ware

[edit] BSL presenters

Lorna Allsop (lunchtime bulletin)

Linda Day (lunchtime bulletin)

[edit] Reporters

[edit] District correspondents

Bristol Scott Ellis John Maguire

Somerset (Taunton/Bath) Clinton Rogers (Taunton) Ali Vowles (Bath) Lizzie Way (Bath)

Gloucestershire (Gloucester) Steve Knibbs

Wiltshire (Swindon) Isabel Webster

[edit] Specialist correspondents

Steve Brodie (Home Affairs) Matthew Hill (Health)

Dave Harvey (Business)

[edit] General reporter

• Andrew Plant (also presenter)

[edit] Past presenters

Michael Buerk Armine Sandford Vivien Creegor (formerly of Sky News) Graham Purches Annie McKie (now BBC Radio 4 newsreader) Beverley Thompson (now at South East Today) Rachel Hicks Tony Target (weatherman)

Susan Osman (now freelance presenter for BBC News and BBC World News) Saima Morsin Maurice Flynn Katharine Carpenter Jeremy Carrad John Norman Jon Kay (now BBC National West of England Correspondent)

[edit] See also

• BBC News

[edit] External links

• BBC Points West at BBC Online

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