   bbc north west tonight is a nightly regional news programme covering north west england and the isle of man. produced by bbc north west, the programme airs at 6.30pm and at 10:25pm every weekday evening and is broadcast from the bbc's mediacityuk studios at salford quays. ==bbc north west region== the bbc north west region covers cheshire, greater manchester, lancashire, merseyside, north derbyshire, southern cumbria and the isle of man. transmitters in the extremes of west yorkshire, covering towns like todmorden previously broadcast this regional version but now are covered by bbc look north. the programme can be watched in any part of the uk (and europe) from astra 1n on freesat channel 955 and sky channel 958. the latest edition of north west tonight is also available to watch on the bbc iplayer. ==history== bbc television news from manchester began on 30 september 1957 with a nightly bulletin entitled news from the north, broadcast to the whole of northern england (incorporating the current bbc north west, yorkshire & north midlands, east yorkshire & lincolnshire and north east & cumbria regions). the rival itv station granada television had already begun providing regional news coverage when it first went on air in may 1956, at first covering the north west only before extending to yorkshire six months later. the bbc's service was refocused to cover the north west and yorkshire areas when separate bulletins for the north east and cumbria were introduced in 1959. by 1962, the nightly bulletins had been extended to 20 minutes and evolved into t
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