..but best not wear any of me t-shirts that may offend Al.. Levellers and Chumbawamba are shite though...

I can't help being a sad old goth.

Twice, but never on a Thursday.

THE SOUTH EAST REGION HAS A LOT OF OVERLAPS WITH THE EAST for example in Hertfordshire, where the south east studios are, is an overlap. This can often make it difficult.
Oxfordshire, in my opinion, should never have been put in the South East region with Kent, London, Essex, Herts, Bucks, Surrey. The opt out may be a good or bad thing

As a Hertfordshire viewer, I live closer to BBC Elstree than Norwich - but because of overlaps, transmitter sites, etc; we get BBC East and believe me, Look East is bloody awful, and it's coverage of Herts is non-existent (and even Anglia have got worse in recent years). We get better coverage on BBC South East & London Tonight! ! !
The overlap issue, and the fact that there is still no true service (television or radio) that gives Herts 100% coverage has been going on for several years now - and despite the possibilities available with digital services, it appears to be a long way from being sorted out.

>>The idea of a new region from Oxford to Essex is theoretically good, but not practical, espically when you look at transmitter maps and coverage. Also broadcasters wouldn't be prepared to spend the money.

>Someone at the BBC has finally told me that the new southeast news programmes will start in mid October. But apart from all short news programmes it will only be a ten minute opt-out of south today, and people in oxford want to watch the rest of london live.
>but in my opinion surely wouldn't it be better to tie it in with close-up (currently part of look east) and to create a new region altogether with a 30 minute news magazine at 6.30.

Someone is telling you porkies. Part of the South East region will become an opt out of South Today (Oxford & Berkshire I think). London will be London Live and the rest of the south east will be a new region complete with its own 30minute news programme.

I asked this elsewher, but no-one answered - When is the new BBC Breakfast starting? Is it 2nd October when all other news progs go W/S? Or when? And what about Newsnight? Is it going W/S?

Strangely, UK Today has gone from 16:9 to 4:3 now it is no-longer simulcast was News 24.