BBC Scotland

Lens turns on man who brought wild beauty of Hebrides to our screens

Wednesday 22 May 2013

JOHN Aitchison has filmed big cats in Kenya's Masai Mara and captured the geological wonders of Yellowstone National Park but, he says, few places on earth hold a torch to the wilds of Scotland.

BBC to ramp up coverage of Scotland

Wednesday 22 May 2013

The BBC will broadcast a series of referendum debate and documentaries and hire 50 extra staff to cover the independence vote in 2014.

BBC pledges £5m for indyref coverage

Tuesday 21 May 2013

The BBC has said it will spend £5m on extended coverage of the independence referendum.

Secret history of art collector William Burrell to be revealed

Monday 20 May 2013

HE made his fortune in shipping and amassed an impressive private art collection later bequeathed to the City of Glasgow, yet little is known of Sir William Burrell's life away from that public persona.

UKIP face fresh right-wing row

Sunday 19 May 2013

UKIP have suffered another blow after it emerged that their by-election candidate in Aberdeen is linked to a group that has denounced Islam as a "brutal theocracy".