This evening’s 6.30pm edition of BBC Look East was taken off the air for a time, soon after the programme started.
A problem seemed to occur during the opening headlines, when video froze.
The programme’s headline bed ran for about 40 seconds until the programme was aborted and crashed back to London, where BBC London was just getting underway.
Towards the latter stages of BBC London’s opening package, BBC Look East resumed, with presenter Amelia Reynolds apologising for the interruption:
“Hello. Good evening again. You’re back with Look East. Apologies for the technical problems at the start of the programme.”
Details about the exact cause of the interruption haven’t been shared publicly.
This latest issue comes after a string of combined regional bulletins in recent months, where the same news programme has gone out in two regions.
It’s unclear how many of these pan-regional broadcasts were down to technical issues versus planned engineering work.
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PICTURED: BBC Look East presenter Amelia Reynolds at the start of tonight’s programme. COPYRIGHT: BBC.
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