[Rijowhi]

A more radical option would be to simply have licences for each nation (plus Channel Islands and Isle of Man), with requirements for regional news in England and local news in the other nations.

Any such move would either mean having to disband the Border region (e.g. an "ITV News Tyne Tees & Cumbria", and the South of Scotland being merged with the Central Belt possibly with a short "South" sub-opt alongside the current East/West ones) or the new licences awkwardly confirming to the current status quo (i.e. a "Central & Northern Scotland" licence, and an "England, S.Scotland, IoM, and C.I." licence).

…Or just have the Licence state ITV Broadcasting Limited with the areas the Licence serves. I noticed the Region Licences are already wrapped up within ITV Broadcasting Ltd anyway. They could just make the process easier (and slightly cheaper) just stating the full Licence is under ITV Broadcasting Limited serving England.