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STV News
Scottish TV programme
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Scottish TV programme
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| image | STV News logo (2014 - ).png | |
| alt_name | {{Plainlist | |
| genre | Regional news | |
| director | Central edition: | |
| Alasdair Murray | ||
| Keith Samuel | ||
| Andrew Turnbull | ||
| North edition: | ||
| Ruaraidh MacLeod, | ||
| Laura Peace | ||
| presenter | Central edition: | |
| John MacKay | ||
| Kelly-Ann Woodland | ||
| North edition: | ||
| Norman MacLeod | ||
| Andrea Brymer | ||
| theme_music_composer | Paul Leonard-Morgan | |
| country | Scotland | |
| language | English | |
| executive_producer | Linda Grimes Douglas | |
| (Head of News & Current Affairs) | ||
| editor | Central: | |
| Andrew Browne | ||
| North: | ||
| David McKeith | ||
| location | Central edition: | |
| Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| North edition: | ||
| Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
| camera | Multi-camera | |
| runtime | STV News at Six: | |
| 30 minutes; | ||
| STV News: | ||
| Durations vary | ||
| company | STV Central, | |
| STV North | ||
| channel | STV | |
| first_aired | ||
| last_aired | present | |
| related | {{Plainlist |
- STV News at Six
- Good Morning Scotland Alasdair Murray Keith Samuel Andrew Turnbull North edition: Ruaraidh MacLeod, Laura Peace John MacKay Kelly-Ann Woodland North edition: Norman MacLeod Andrea Brymer (Head of News & Current Affairs) Andrew Browne North: David McKeith Glasgow, Scotland North edition: Aberdeen, Scotland 30 minutes; STV News: Durations vary STV North
- ITV News
- Scotland Tonight
- What's On Scotland
- Scotland Today (1972-2009)
- North Tonight (1980-2009)
STV News is a Scottish news division produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland.
STV News programmes are produced from studios in Glasgow and Aberdeen with reporters also based at newsrooms in Edinburgh, Dundee and Inverness and political correspondents based at Holyrood and Westminster. Freelance correspondents and camera crews are based on the Orkney and Shetland Isles, Wick and Fort William with a permanent Western Isles correspondent based in Stornoway.
In addition to its daily bulletins and online services, STV News also produces the current affairs programme Scotland Tonight, the showbiz magazine show What's On Scotland, along with feature documentaries.
Broadcast
Two separate editions of STV News at Six air on STV Central and STV North each weeknight at 6:00 pm. ITV Evening News, the networked news programme, follows at 6:30 pm.
The main evening programmes are supplemented by shorter STV News bulletins seven days a week:
- Good Morning Scotland (not to be confused with the BBC Radio Scotland programme of the same name) updates for the North and Central regions during Good Morning Britain at around 6:25am and 7:10am each weekday. Both bulletins are broadcast from Glasgow.
- Lunchtime bulletins for the North and Central regions, usually at 1:55pm each weekday, following the ITV Lunchtime News.
- Late news bulletins for the North and Central regions, usually at 10:30pm each weeknight, following ITV News at Ten.
- Weekend bulletins, broadcast across all regions from Glasgow – one on Saturday evenings, one on Sunday evenings.
In the Central region, STV News at Six is presented from STV's Glasgow studio. The programme includes short opt-outs for separate news and weather for the East and West of the region.
In the North, viewers in Tayside and northeast Fife receive a five-minute opt-out during the main STV News at Six each weeknight. While the Tayside opt is broadcast, viewers further north see more news from the north-east, Highlands and Islands - the programme is broadcast from the main studio in Aberdeen.
The West edition and pan-regional bulletins are streamed live on STV Player.
All North, East and pan-regional bulletins are broadcast one hour after their original airing on STV +1. All versions of STV News at Six, plus weekend bulletins are also available for catch-up for 1 day after broadcast on STV Player.
Digital
STV News offers digital coverage through its website, native mobile apps, and distribution via platforms like Apple News and Google News. Their digital team collaborates with regional newsrooms. With over 700,000 followers on Facebook and over 600,000 on X (formerly Twitter), STV News maintains a strong social media presence.
Overview
STV News at Six launched on Monday 23 March 2009 as part of a major station revamp. The nightly news programmes were previously known as Scotland Today in the STV Central region and North Tonight in the STV North region, with both programmes carrying local opt-outs from January 2007 onwards.
Previously in the Central region,{{cite web|title=STV confirms launch of extra news programme and more localised bulletins|publisher=STV Group plc |date=18 January 2011
[[STV2]] national news
On Monday 2 June 2014, a secondary news service, STV Glasgow News, was launched as part of the local television channel STV Glasgow. This was followed by the launch of a news service for STV Edinburgh on Monday 12 January.
Both channels were merged with new local TV services for Aberdeen, Ayr and Dundee in April 2017 to form STV2, providing national news bulletins throughout the day with half-hour programmes at 1pm and 10pm on weekdays.
In September 2016, STV announced it would launch a news programme combining Scottish, UK and international news coverage. STV News Tonight was produced and broadcast from Glasgow using STV's resources from across Scotland and the UK and international resources of ITN. The half-hour programme, launched on Monday 24 April 2017, was presented by Halla Mohieddeen and aired each weeknight at 7pm on STV2.
Cutbacks
On 16 May 2018, STV announced 59 redundancies, including 34 from its news division. STV2 ceased broadcasting at the end of June 2018, marking the end of STV News Tonight and the station's national news service.
On STV itself, the Edinburgh-based edition of STV News at Six was axed and replaced with shorter opt-outs within a Central Scotland programme, co-anchored from the Glasgow and Edinburgh studios. STV North's regional news services were not affected, although nine jobs – three journalists and six technical posts – were lost at the company's Aberdeen studios.
NUJ members at STV voted in favour of strike action against the job cuts, although the union decided against immediate action after the company ruled out compulsory redundancies.
The last edition of STV News Tonight aired on Friday 29 June 2018, followed by the final East edition of STV News at Six on Friday 7 September 2018.
Further changes in October 2024 saw the Central Scotland programme revert to a single-anchor format from Glasgow and the closure of the Edinburgh studio, with the East opt-outs now pre-recorded. The North edition follows a similar pattern with the Tayside opt-out now pre-recorded from Aberdeen, following the end of studio production in Dundee.
On 25 September 2025, STV announced it would seek permission from OFCOM to merge its two regional news services and axe its sub-regional opt-outs. Subject to regulatory approval, separate news programmes for the North and Central areas would be replaced with a pan-regional programme covering both STV licence areas from Glasgow, with the Aberdeen studios closing. According to chief executive Rufus Radcliffe, the company is also seeking to end its sub-regional opt outs for Tayside and Edinburgh.
The team
Main anchors
| STV News at Six | STV region | Anchor | Other Roles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central | John MacKay | Occasional lunchtime/late presenter; Scotland Tonight presenter (Leaving STV in 2026) | ||
| Kelly-Ann Woodland | Occasional lunchtime/late presenter | |||
| Emma Cameron | Relief presenter, occasional lunchtime/late presenter; What's On Scotland co-presenter | |||
| North | Norman MacLeod | Occasional lunchtime/late presenter | ||
| Andrea Brymer | Occasional lunchtime/late presenter |
| Central Scotland |
|---|
| Courtney Cameron |
| Gordon Chree |
| Sharon Frew |
| Vanessa Kennedy |
| Northern Scotland |
|---|
| Ross Govans |
| Steven Brown |
| Haley Bouma |
| Political team | Reporter | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Mackay | Political Editor | Based in Edinburgh | |
| Lucy Dunn | Westminster Correspondent | (Begins role in 2026) | |
| Ewan Petrie | Political Correspondent | ||
| Laura Alderman | Political Reporter |
| Entertainment | Reporter | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Boyd | Entertainment Reporter | What's On Scotland co-presenter |
| STV Sport team | Reporter | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raman Bhardwaj | Central Sports Editor/presenter | ||
| Chris Harvey | North Sports Editor/presenter | ||
| Jamie Borthwick | Sports Reporter | Relief Sports presenter (Central) | |
| Ronnie Charters | Sports Reporter | Relief Sports presenter (Central) | |
| Stefani Dailly | Sports Reporter | Relief Sports presenter (North) |
| STV Weather team | Forecaster | Role | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seán Batty | Main Weekday Weather Presenter | Glasgow | |
| Philip Petrie | Main Weekend Weather Presenter, Relief Weekday Presenter | Glasgow | |
| Jo Farrow | Relief Weekend Weather Presenter, Relief Weekday Presenter | Edinburgh |
References
References
- (5 April 2011). "Glasgow-based composer goes from STV to Limitless possibilities". STV.
- STV. "Who we are".
- (21 September 2016). "STV to launch integrated Scottish and international news show". STV.
- (26 January 2017). "Anchor of flagship STV News Tonight show announced". STV.
- Glenday, John. (16 May 2018). "Struggling STV 2 to be taken off air in online shift". The Drum.
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-44136400 On-air talent lead 'angry' STV staff to outdoor union meeting], BBC News, 16 May 2018
- [https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2018/news/union-slams-devastating-blow-as-almost-60-journalism-jobs-set-to-go/ Union to ballot over industrial action as almost 60 journalism jobs set to go], Hold the Front Page, 17 May 2018
- [https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/nuj-eases-off-strike-threat-after-stv-pledges-to-avoid-compulsory-redundancies-as-it-looks-to-cut-staff/ NUJ eases off strike threat after STV pledges to avoid compulsory redundancies as it looks to cut staff], Press Gazette, 19 June 2018
- [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz698063y5do STV to cut 60 jobs and axe North news programme], bbc.co.uk, 25 September 2025
- [https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/stv-job-cuts-feared-after-35962043 STV to axe 60 jobs and produce fewer news bulletins as broadcaster looks to slash costs], Daily Record, 25 September 2025
- [https://www.stvplc.tv/newsroom/2025/stv-news-presenter-john-mackay-to-step-down-in-spring-2026/ STV NEWS PRESENTER JOHN MACKAY TO STEP DOWN IN SPRING 2026], STV Group plc, 30 October 2025
- [https://www.stvplc.tv/newsroom/2025/stv-appoints-lucy-dunn-as-westminster-correspondent/ STV APPOINTS LUCY DUNN AS WESTMINSTER CORRESPONDENT], STV Group plc, 17 November 2025
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