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When you look at the population of Scotland, there are only two english regions (not bbc regions) with smaller populations, that being the East Midlands and the north east. Scotland, wales and North Ireland are effectively the size of a regional news. When you think back to the 1999 rebrand, they were branded in the same style as the English regions with only the music being different. After they’ve always tried to align more with the national look than the regional.

Yet, itv is able to provide 3 news programmes and 5 news opt out, and people wonder why BBC is not pulling its weight.

STV did a pilot once for a Scottish Six they integrated everything into the mix, including speaking with ITN, Shame that never happened.