when the scottish parliament was established, the power to legislate on broadcasting stayed at westminster. control stayed in london. during the 2014 independence referendum, some accused the bbc of a sustained anti independence bias. for a century after the scot john reith created it, the bbc remains a culturalforce from caithness to cornwall and an enduring part of the shared british experience. allan little, bbc news, glasgow. arctic air has brought snow to parts of scotland and eastern england and there s more forecast across much of the uk this week. the met office has extended yellow weather alerts for snow in large areas of the country until friday evening. there was snow on the beaches in south shields in the north east of england today. further up the coast, whitley bay saw some snow too.
they have been in power for 13 years. they have been in power for 13 years. the they have been in power for 13 years, the asylum system is broken, and i years, the asylum system is broken, and i broke years, the asylum system is broken, and i broke it. they broke it. also, it has been announced tonight that strike action by network rail workers next week has been called off after a new pay offer. a vigil in cardiff for three young people who died in a car crash and two others who lay critically injured at the scene, as police are criticised for not searching for them sooner. head to head, the three candidates vying to be scotland s next first minister. who came out on top in tonight s live debate? that debate is taking place right here in glasgow, and we re here tonight as the bbc marks a very special centenary. it s 100 years ago this week that the bbc transmitted its first broadcast in scotland from an attic room in the city centre. and coming up on the bbc news channel. al
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, tonight coming from glasgow, in a week when the bbc is marking 100 years of broadcasting in scotland. we ll have more on that later. but our main story tonight is that the government has unveiled its plan to tackle illegal migration, as it tries to stop tens of thousands of people crossing the english channel in small boats every year. the prime minster has called the new legislation tough but necessary and fair . labour and some refugee charities have warned the scheme is unworkable . tonight, we ll explain the measures and ask if they can really work. the illegal migration bill sets out to ban people who arrive in small boats from claiming asylum here. instead, they ll be deported to rwanda or a different safe country,
this is how the distinctiveness of scotland was represented. this scotland skipped and reeled its way, tartan clad, onto britain s tv screens for decades. but in the cultural upheavals of the 1960s, scots began to seek a more authentic representation of who they were. i think that scottish produced television programmes are introspective, parochial, nationalistic and narrow minded. it s not real. it s blatantly not scottish. i mean, to people in scotland anyway. what would folk say if they saw herthere, near naked? we d be the speaking laughing stock of the place. the dramatisation in 1971 of the classic scots novel, sunset song, with its themes of sexual awakening, domestic violence and war trauma, was a turning point. well, it wouldn t be the first time you ve seen a naked lass yourself. the bbc in scotland began to shed its tartan wrapper.
sunset song, with its themes of sexual awakening, domestic violence and war trauma was a turning point. well, it wouldn t be the first time you ve seen a naked lass yourself. the bbc in scotland began to shed its tartan wrapper. when the scottish parliament was established, the power to legislate on broadcasting stayed at westminster. control stayed in london. during the 2014 independence referendum, some accused the bbc of a sustained anti independence bias. for a century after the scot john reith created it, the bbc remains a culturalforce from caithness to cornwall and an enduring part of the shared british experience. allan little, bbc news, glasgow. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. a lot of weather news in store.