Media release: BBC Scotland coverage of Scottish Parliament elections to extend over three days
BBC Scotland’s reporting of the outcome of the Scottish Parliament election will extend over three days to ensure audiences are kept fully informed as the results of the May 6 poll are released.
Results are expected to be announced throughout Friday and into Saturday when the
final outcome should become clear. The broadcaster is producing a wide range of content across all platforms over those two days and into Sunday.
The coverage will feature news from counts across the country by the broadcaster’s teams of reporters and there’ll be interviews and analysis from the studio in more than 20 hours of rolling news programming.
TV bosses are extending political shows over three days.
BBC Scotland said its coverage will feature news from counts across the country as well as interviews and analysis from the Glasgow studio in more than 20 hours of rolling news programming on TV and radio.
Election 2021 Scotland, presented by Rebecca Curran, will air on Friday from noon until 8pm on BBC One Scotland, with the show including analysis and live reports from Holyrood as well as the use of state-of-the-art graphics to explain the impact of the results.
BBC Radio Scotland will simulcast the election programme from lunchtime on Friday as well as broadcasting election news programmes throughout the day.
Solo EP hits top streams with bonus By Philip Murray Published: 14:00, 30 January 2021
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Steven Barclay, aka The Chosen Lonely.
Previously unheard bonus tracks have been added to the tracklisting when musician Steven Barclay s solo EP launched on all major streaming channels.
Performing under his solo alter ego of The Chosen Lonely, Steven s EP, Barclay, first debuted last year as a limited run of 500 CDs.
It won plaudits from the likes of BBC Rapal on Radio nan Gaidheal/the BBC Sounds app â where it was named Record of the Week .