Scotland Today

*Scotland Today*
Scotland Today
Starring	John Mackay; Stephen Jardine;
Production
Producer	SMG Productions
Running time	Main bulletin:; 30 minutes
Original release
Network	stv central
Release	1972 –; Present

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 Belt franchise. North Tonight covers stv's North Scotland region (from Fife upwards), with BBC Scotland providing a national service for Scotland, in the shape of Reporting Scotland.

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 programme faced major changes as a result of mass redundancies both in the newsroom and technical 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 include Matt Bingham, Claire Dean, Becky Hunter, Alan Saunby, Iona Scott and Roddy Scott.

Scotland Today recieved a new-look on Monday 24 July 2006. The show got a makeover due to stv central moving home to Pacific Quay. [1]

On Air

Scotland Today airs on stv central seven days a week:

Weekdays

05.25 - 05.30 (Before ITV Morning News)
(Various times during GMTV)
11.10 - 11.15 (During This Morning)
13.50 - 13.55 (During ITV Lunchtime News)
18.00 - 18.30 (Before ITV Evening News)
22.50 - 22.55 (During ITV News at 10.30)

Weekends

Scotland Today also airs bulletins throughout the weekend.

The Team

Currently, the team consists of the following;

Presenters:

News readers:

Sports presenters:

Reporters:

Past presenters:

Past presenters include:

External link

stv.tv - News