BBC Scotland’s Glenn Campbell has been appointed the BBC News UK-wide network correspondent for Scotland.
Currently BBC Scotland’s political correspondent, he succeeds Lorna Gordon who has been appointed as the BBC ‘North of England’ correspondent.
The appointment means he will be the main face of Scottish stories on the Six O’Clock and Ten O’Clock News. He will join James Cook and Colin Blane on the network team of correspondents.
Says BBC Scotland head of news and current affairs, Atholl Duncan: “We’ve made a great effort recently to imporve Scottish coverage on the network bulletins. As one of Scotland’s best broadcast journalists, Glenn has skills, contacts and talent to take that on to the next level as the face of Scottish stories on the network bulletins. Working closely with James Cook and Colin Blane we aim to keep providfing great coverage from the Scottish team for the UK news outlets.”