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's regional news programme aired on
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in the
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. It was launched on Tuesday 28 March 1989 as the successor to ''
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'', the South East's previous news programme. In 1992, ''
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'' replaced Newsroom South East in the Heathfield coverage area (which subsequently switched to ''
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'' in 2001). In October 2000, the
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coverage area also broke away from Newsroom South East, in favour of joining ''
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'' with opt-out privileges. In September 2001, ''
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'' launched as a replacement for Newsroom South East in the Bluebell Hill and Dover coverage areas, leaving the
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coverage area alone in its broadcast of Newsroom South East for a month, before being replaced by the new '' BBC London News'' in October 2001, thereby bringing Newsroom South East to an end. The main presenter of the programme in its early years was
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, the son of BBC presenter
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. For all but the last two months, the programme was broadcast from the
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, in
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, Hertfordshire. In August 2001 the future home of the successor BBC London News programme – a new and purpose built broadcast centre on the
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– was used alongside radio station
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. To provide continuity to staff prior to the launch of BBC London News, the Elstree set was temporarily placed in the Marylebone Road studios for these few weeks, although the smaller space meant that there was only space for one presenter. Following the 1999
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relaunch, the main bulletin aired between 6:30 and 6:55pm after the '' BBC Six O'Clock News''. Other bulletins followed the '' BBC One O'Clock News'' and the ''
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''. Main presenters included Mike Embley, Gwenan Edwards, Gargy Patel, Gillian Joseph, Tim Donovan, Heather Lima and sports presenter
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. Unlike other BBC regions, Newsroom South East never had a dedicated weather forecaster; instead the weather came from whichever national forecaster was presenting that particular day.


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