The Very Last BBC 6 O'Clock News Regional Bias Report of 2012....

Well you probably know the drill by now but if you don't you can check here, here and here...
Done? Then let's get down to it.
Well trends continued much as they have before but with London creeping up the minutes per million population chart and the South West getting a lot of flood coverage.

Total Mins. September October November December Total North West        42.66        18.76        15.70        12.89        90.01 London        18.31        18.99        28.22        17.04        82.56 Wales        14.55        24.46        26.59          1.37        66.97 South-West          5.60        22.88        16.19        16.44        61.11 Yorkshire +        19.76        11.08        23.41          4.34        58.59 South-East        24.07          9.91          7.85          9.08        50.91 Scotland        13.59        21.35          6.08          3.71        44.73 West Midlands          0.92        10.57        13.48          9.30        34.27 Northern Ireland          7.37          2.88          6.32        10.67        27.24 East          3.43        13.81          6.30          1.29        24.83 East Midlands          1.97          1.72          6.36          7.05        17.10 North East          6.55              -            1.13          0.23          7.91
There's a definite bias towards the so-called Celtic Fringe at the expense of the East of the country (nobody likes those Danes do they) but the coverage is still primarily following natural disasters and juicy murders.

Mins/Mpop September October November December Total Wales          4.75          7.98          8.68          0.45        21.86 Northern Ireland          4.07          1.59          3.49          5.89        15.04 North West          6.05          2.66          2.23          1.83        12.76 South-West          1.06          4.33          3.06          3.11        11.55 Yorkshire +          3.74          2.10          4.43          0.82        11.09 London          2.24          2.32          3.45          2.08        10.10 Scotland          2.59          4.06          1.16          0.71          8.51 West Midlands          0.16          1.89          2.41          1.66          6.12 South-East          2.79          1.15          0.91          1.05          5.90 East          0.59          2.36          1.08          0.22          4.25 East Midlands          0.43          0.38          1.40          1.56          3.77 North East          2.52              -            0.44          0.09          3.05
Given how the regions bop up and down the rankings we're still a long from proving my hypothesis (that Northerners are wrong to moan about being neglected by a London centric media in case you've forgotten) is far from proven to my satisfaction.


Ranking September October November December Scotland 6 3 9 9 Wales 2 1 1 10 Northern Ireland 3 9 3 1 North East 7 12 12 12 North West 1 4 7 4 Yorkshire + 4 7 2 8 East Midlands 11 11 8 6 West Midlands 12 8 6 5 East 10 5 10 11 London 8 6 4 3 South-East 5 10 11 7 South-West 9 2 5 2