Scotland Today is the flagship news programme on STV, in Central Scotland. Despite its name suggesting a national remit, the programme is actually limited to stories around STV's Central Scotland franchise. North Tonight provides the news for the North Scotland region on STV (from Fife upwards), with Lookaround incorporating news from the Scottish Borders into its Border remit. Image File history File links ScotlandToday. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... NewS (NEWS) is a J-pop group from Johnny & Associates, which also produced groups such as SMAP, TOKIO, Kinki Kids and Tackey & Tsubasa. ... STV will be the new name of the ITV channel in northern and central Scotland. ... John Mackay John Mackay (born 13 September 1967) is the main news presenter on Scottish TVs flagship news show, Scotland Today. ... STV will be the new name of the ITV channel in northern and central Scotland. ... STV will be the new name of the ITV channel in northern and central Scotland. ... Map of Scotland showing the location of the former Central region Regional Council Central (Roinn Meadhanach in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1974 to 1995. ... Current opening shot - 2003 North Tonight is the nightly news programme for Grampian TV, and covers the North of Scotland. ... Lookaround is the regional news magazine for the ITV region Border Television. ...

Based in Glasgow, the programme has become a credible news programme from the days of flowers, sofas and features in the mid-eighties. It has covered stories such as the Dunblane massacre, the Lockerbie bombing and the Argyll priest scandal in the nineties. The Dunblane massacre was a multiple homicide which occurred at the primary school in the town of Dunblane, Scotland on March 13, 1996. ... The cockpit landed in a farmers field near a tiny church in Tundergarth, Scotland Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan Ams daily Frankfurt-London-New York-Detroit evening flight. ...

The programme is currently facing major changes as a result of mass redundancies both in the newsroom and techical support division. Presenters Shereen Nanjiani, Sarah Heaney and sports presenter Jane Lewis have all taken voluntary redundancy. Sarah left the programme in March, 2006. Jane followed her on April 24, 2006, with Shereen leaving on May 5, 2006. Quite a few reporters have also left the programme, they are Matt Bingham, Claire Dean, Becky Hunter, Alan Saunby, Iona Scott and Roddy Scott. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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On Air

Scotland Today airs on STV in Central Scotland seven days a week:

Weekdays

• 05.25 - 05.30 (Before ITV Morning News)
• (Various times during GMTV)
• 10.55 - 11.00 (During This Morning)
• 13.10 - 13.25 (During ITV Lunchtime News)
• 18.00 - 18.30 (Before ITV Evening News)
• 22.50 - 22.55 (During ITV Nightly News)

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Scotland Today also airs four bulletins throught the weekend.

The Team

Currently, the main presenting team consist of the following;

News readers:

• Stephen Jardine
• John Mackay
• Heather Simpson
• Louise White

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Sports presenter:

• Raman Bhardwaj
• Ewan Petrie

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Past presenters:

Past presenters include:

• Sarah Heaney
• Jane Lewis
• Viv Lumsden
• Shereen Nanjiani
• Angus Simpson
• John Toye
• Kirsty Young

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External link

• Scotland Today website