BBC London entirely, while a new programme, "South East Today" was to be created for the new South East region. BBC London, as it came to be called, replaced the long-running "Newsroom South East". Greater London and its environs have had a regional BBC television news service for many decades, but the boundaries of the region have always been somewhat nebulous due to the coverage areas of the transmitters used, as television signals do not tend to stick neatly to administrative or historical boundaries. Therefore, while the main focus of "regional" news coverage for this area has always been on the capital
BBC London East England region. There is also some overlap with the editorial areas of other BBC regions in this part of England. Oxfordshire (excluding Henley-on-Thames), most of Buckinghamshire, north Berkshire, north east Wiltshire, south east Gloucestershire and south west Northamptonshire, now take an opt-out of South Today while most of Kent and East Sussex is now covered by the BBC South East region based in Tunbridge Wells, which produces "South East Today". The previous news services for the area, in the old BBC South East region, were variously based in Shepherds Bush, White City and Elstree in Hertfordshire. Following the launch