[Mike]

Look North uses CasparCG, right?
If so, I think that will be deliberate use of a text-shadow css property.

Isn't there usually a subtle black gradient behind that text to make it more visible, that seems to be missing on that cap?

They aren't the only ones with that issue, since the Reith relaunch Midlands Today have had it - it looks like poor keying:
up.metropol247.co.uk 

I assume they're using the same Caspar template

The subtle fade is there - but I don't think it's intense enough to make the headline legible on lighter backgrounds so they've compensated with the shadow.

Other issues include squashing the font width instead of expanding to multi-line if it goes beyond a certain amount of words - default kerning too...