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Scottish Television's news service was expanded further in November 1996 with the launch of [[Sky Scottish]], a satellite channel set up as a joint venture with [[British Sky Broadcasting]]. Special mid-evening editions of ''Scotland Today'' were produced for the channel and presented by [[John MacKay (journalist)|John MacKay]] and Andrea Brymer until the channel's closure in May 1998, owing to low ratings.
 
During its 37 years on air, ''Scotland Today'' covered major Scottish news stories such as the [[Dunblane massacre]], the [[Pan Am Flight 103|Lockerbie bombing]], the Argyll priest scandal of the 1990s, the referendum and subsequent set-up of the [[Scottish Parliament]], the [[2007 Glasgow International Airport attack|Glasgow International Airport attack]] in 2007 and the [[2008 Glasgow East by-election, 2008|2008 Glasgow East by-election]]. In 2000, the programme won the [[Royal Television Society]] award for ''Best Regional Daily News Magazine''.
[[File:VarickEastonTiree.jpg|thumb|left|News Cameraman Varick Easton on Tiree filming arrival of the Oban ferry (October 1985)]]