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Regulator ‘Proposes to Accept’ STV Plan for Retaining News Services in North

Earlier this year, Ofcom proposed to accept STV's request to change its licence for north and central Scotland and is consulting on the plans.
STV bosses proposed consolidating central belt and north news into STV News At 6 from Glasgow, arguing it supports high-quality journalism and digital ambitions.
The new programme will be produced in Glasgow, with about 30% of STV News At 6 in the north specific to the area, and newsgathering continuing in Aberdeen, Inverness, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.
Journalists at STV voted for strike action just over a week ago, and MP Kirsty Blackman, Member of Parliament, urged people to make their views known, warning the plans risk costing jobs and weakening regional coverage.
The consultation runs until February 9 with the public invited to respond, and Rufus Radcliffe, STV CEO, said `STV is an iconic Scottish business with a brilliant schedule of programmes for viewers which delivers unrivalled mass reach for advertisers`.

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