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''Newsnight Scotland'' is a BBC television news programme which started in 1999. The programme is aired from BBC Scotland 's HQ in Glasgow , and is an Opt-out of the main London-based '' Newsnight '' programme. It is on at 11pm from Mondays to Thursdays, replacing the last twenty minutes of Newsnight on BBC Two Scotland .

Newsnight Scotland covers all topical and political issues that affect Scotland . Most of the issues derive from the goings ons at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood . The programmes has investigated many topics, including the costs of the construction of the Holyrood Site . It reported in great details about the decisions leading to this, including the competition for Scotland's new parliament. The biggest story covered so far, ironically, was the parliament itself; with extenstive coverage of the ''Fraser Inquiry''.

Newsnight Scotland came about as a result of calls for a Scottish-based version of the BBC Six O'Clock News (the so-called "Scottish Six") following the vote in favour of Scottish Devolution . This proposal was not popular with the Scottish viewer. A 'compromise' was then reached in 1999, when Newsnight Scotland was devised.

The Newsnight Scotland team were rewarded for their work in bringing environmental issues to a wider public audience at the 2003 British Environmental Media Awards (BEMAs) in London. This was with a report from Nova Scotia , concerning the collapse of the Canadian cod fisheries.

The current presenting team consists of -