Ok, first a quick bit of background: The Government are funding a pilot scheme for independent TV news production in Scotland, the North East of England and Wales.  In Scotland, this would replace the regional news currently broadcast by STV.  If you’re interested, The Guardian has a good history of the whole process.

Only two proposals made it through to the final selection process in Scotland.  One bid was from a consortium including STV and the other was our bid, the Scottish News Consortium, which includes the Herald & Times Group (where I work), Johnston Press, DC Thomson and Tinopolis.

The winning bidder was announced by the DCMS today… and it’s us!!!

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As I was coming out of the Clyde Tunnel last night I noticed a big house fire in the Linthouse / Govan area.  I turned off the expressway and got these photos and video clips.

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