BBC Scotland News

The new BBC Scotland news programmes launched on 24th February 2019 with the The Nine being the flagship bulletin, presented by Rebecca Curran and Martin Geissler. Editor Hayley Valentine believed it would show “the world through Scottish eyes” and is “less formal” than existing BBC news output and the “luxury” of being an hour long means it could run longer interviews and let films “breathe”.

BBC Scotland’s head of news Gary Smith said “The Nine was part of a £7m investment in BBC Scotland news that included employing 80 journalists. The new staff would work across other BBC Scotland output as well as the new programme. I will not be looking at ratings to decide the success of the programme and wants to focus on “appreciation”.”