Choose STV News North or STV News Central before asking for a Scottish bulletin. STV Player lists these separately from ITV national news and Scottish current-affairs programmes. A correct STV logo can still accompany a different edition from the one your household wants.
Choose the edition before the story
The first question is geographical: which edition contains the community you follow? Keep North or Central in the programme name instead of shortening the request to STV News. If one local story is important, add the town and headline. A national ITV bulletin can contain a Scottish story without being the regional programme, while a regional edition can contain reports extending beyond the place in its label. The programme identity and the local subject therefore work together.
Full bulletin versus current affairs
Next choose the format. A complete evening bulletin gives the sequence of headlines, reports and interviews. A current-affairs programme can spend much longer on one issue. A separately published news video may contain only the contribution that was shared online. These can all be useful, but they should not be counted as the same recording. If the remembered item is an interview, include the interviewee and say whether you need the surrounding discussion.
Keep the Scottish programme date
An STV summary page shows a nominal bulletin duration, but runtime alone is a weak way to establish completeness. News editions can differ in length, and a programme page does not prove that a particular earlier recording remains available. Retain the Scottish date and edition, then compare the actual opening and ending. When watching after midnight elsewhere, use the original Scottish date to avoid selecting the next day’s entry.
| Purpose | What to identify |
|---|---|
| National news | ITV bulletin, date and full edition. |
| Regional news | STVNorth or Central, Scottish date and local subject. |
| One interview | Guest, programme and whether the entire conversation is required. |
An example of a precise request
A useful request might say: STV News North, the specified Scottish date, complete evening edition, including the report from the named town. That gives a checker three independent things to match: edition, date and subject. If Central opens instead, describe that precise mismatch. If only the local extract is found, ask whether a full bulletin exists rather than treating the clip as a complete edition. The public programme catalogue identifies STV’s own output; it does not verify another provider’s feed or replay collection.
- Write North or Central in full.
- Add the Scottish date and local subject.
- Choose complete bulletin, interview or current-affairs programme.
- Check the opening title before comparing individual reports.
- Record any difference in edition rather than reporting only the group name.