Listeners blast BBC presenter over 'white policeman shoots dead a black man' Glasgow stabbing question

Jake Kanter International TV EditorBBC appoints new Scotland chief BBC Scotland has named program maker, commissioner and award-winning broadcaster Steve Carson (pictured) as its new director, replacing Donalda MacKinnon, who steps down later this year. Carson is currently head of multi-platform commissioning for BBC Scotland and will be elevated to look after 1,100 staff.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorITV has commissioned ITV Studios-owned South Shore to make Don’t Rock The Boat, an ambitious competition series in which 12 celebrities row the entire length of Britain from Cornwall to Scotland.The format will go into production next week and will be hosted by Top Gear presenter Andrew Flintoff and AJ Odudu, who currently fronts ITV’s backstage coverage of The Voice UK.During a grueling physical mission that’s expected to take up to four weeks to complete, the

Police said. Police officers and London Ambulance Service arrived at around 10am last Wednesday and the baby boy was pronounced dead at the scene, Scotland Yard said.A post mortem was carried out at St Thomas' Hospital yesterday and gave the preliminary cause of death as an "incised wound", police said.

A short film set in a Glasgow supermarket has been selected for this year’s Venice Film Festival.

stabbed a Scots housing association worker who was trying to help him has been jailed for life. Peter Cannon launched the unprovoked attack on Lynne Robertson as she sat behind her desk at River Clyde Homes, Greenock, on September 30 last year.

suspicious death of a teenager in Helensburgh. Kirk Allan, 19, died following an incident in the Argyll and Bute town on Friday night.

BBC film that exposes blunders in the country’s care homes during the pandemic.They have stepped into the shoes of real-life care workers, whose jobs would be on the line if they were identified.The documentary ­Disclosure: The Care Home Scandal calls for a probe into where Scotland went wrong.

BBC Radio 6 Music has apologised after a song including a racial slur was played on air during Cerys Matthews’ radio show yesterday.The former Catatonia singer hosts the morning slot every Sunday and played a cover of ‘The Mississippi Shore’ by Scottish singer Thomas Fraser during yesterday’s broadcast.But the track soon faced criticism after listeners noticed that a racial slur is heard in one lyric.The controversial section states: “I can hear them d*****s singing.

Lorraine Kelly was reduced to tears today as she hosted her final show before heading off on a summer break. The Scottish star became emotional when a montage was played of different moments from her show during the months of the coronavirus pandemic.

wedding receptions were cancelled from reading a Facebook post.The Tufted Duck Hotel in Aberdeenshire is being revamped as a bar and bistro by owners Lesley Ann and Conrad Ritchie and they have decided to cancel wedding receptions due to be held there.The coronavirus pandemic and lockdown restrictions have been blamed for the change.The couple said they relied on two functions per week to make the business, which employs 19 staff, viable and as of yet, there is no date in place for when large

stabbing attack.Chief Constable Iain Livingstone said officers arrived at the Park Inn hotel within two minutes of the 999 call following reports of “armed attacks”.He said: “All the officers who attended faced a dynamic and traumatic set of circumstances.“The incident, through their professionalism, was quickly contained.”The police chief made his comments as he addressed a Scottish Police Authority meeting yesterday but said he was limited as to how much he could say as there are two ongoing

Glasgow stabbing. The call handler named Kat, from the Scottish Ambulance Service, posted a video on Twitter praising the efforts of her colleagues in dealing the incident.

Glasgow. It has been reported that a man was seen lying on the ground on the city's Argyle Street covered in blood.One eyewitness described "lots of screaming" and a man lying on the ground with "blood all over him".Images have also emerged online of police and paramedics tending to the man close to the Premier Inn hotel.Officers have cordoned off James Watt Street at its junction with Argyle Street.The Record has contacted Police Scotland for comment.Five police cars were seen responding to the

knife attack in a Glasgow hotel has been identified as Badreddin Abadlla Adam, 28, from Sudan. The asylum seeker was shot dead by police marksmen shortly after stabbing six people in the Park Inn Hotel on West George Street, on Friday afternoon.