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Published Date: 23 September 2006
By FERGUS SHEPPARD
A SENIOR BBC journalist who oversaw coverage of major stories such as Dunblane and the Lockerbie disaster has been named as BBC Scotland's new head of news and current affairs.
Atholl Duncan, 43, has been lured to the £85,000 post from Scottish Water, where he was director of corporate affairs. He replaces Blair Jenkins, who quit in July, reportedly due to concerns over possible BBC job cuts.

Duncan began his career with DC Thomson in 1982 before joining BBC Scotland as a researcher in 1985. He worked on a range of programmes, including Sportscene and Newsnight, and produced more than 1,000 editions of Reporting Scotland.

Duncan said of his appointment: "My first priority is great journalism [and] making sure the BBC's journalism is fit for purpose."



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  • Last Updated: 22 September 2006 9:43 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: The BBC
 
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Graeme F,

Aberdeen 23/09/2006 08:30:28

I look forward, with great optimism, to Atholl bringing us better coverage of the new stories happening outside the Glasgow area! BBC Scotland's news team has, sadly, let the various regions of Scotland down in a big way over the years. Perhaps one or two of their journalists should get out of their brand new offices on the Clyde and find out what's happening in the wider world once in a while!

2

Hackman,

GLASGOW 23/09/2006 09:19:34

Exactly, the BBC "reporters" need to realise that there is a world out there away from police and council press releases, court reports and stuuf that's been in the papers two days earlier.

At times the BBC news website looks like an online edition of the Sunday Post.

BBC Scotland does not lead the news in this country - it follows.

3

BBC Scotland,

23/09/2006 18:14:59

Brian, for the record, we don't move to Pacific Quay until approximately next June.

The journalists who have moved to "brand new offices on the Clyde" work for Scotland Today.

Their building is just down the river from ours.

Should our journalists get out more? Absolutely.

Does our website resemble the Sunday Post? Not really - and we've no plans to hijack the Broons for it either.

4

Marianne,

Polmont 24/09/2006 19:16:04

Just yet another excuse for more anti-Glasgow bigotry to be posted on these boards. The Hoostmoan/Evening News/SOS (well named, it's desperate) and the east coasters who read them are an embarassment to Scotland.

The frequent, daily, snide remarks and constant anti-Glasgow/west of Scotland ignorance/snobbery as shown in this paper and boards shows Edinburgh and the east coast in a *VERY* bad light.

The capitals (i.e. much smaller cities) of Canada, US, NZ, Australia, Switzerland, India, China, South Africa, Turkey etc etc do behave in the same way towards the largest/major/metropolitan city in their countries the way Edinburgh (and its many obnoxious natives) do towards Glasgow.

Grow up and stop being so pathetic!!

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Marianne,

Polmont 24/09/2006 21:40:12

The capitals (i.e. much smaller cities) of Canada, US, NZ, Australia, Switzerland, India, China, South Africa, Turkey etc etc do *not* behave in the same way towards the largest/major/metropolitan city in their countries the way Edinburgh (and its many obnoxious natives) do towards Glasgow.

Edinburgh is pathetic and seems to be getting worse. The parliament should be *anywhere but Edinburgh*, somewhere neutral like Stirling or Perth, as Edinburgh and its unfriendly, delusional natives cannot cope with having the privilege of capital status bestowed upon them!

Snobbery, snideness, sarcasm and sneering, the only things Toytown-with-a-castle excells at.


 

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