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Urgent Notice of Motion by Councillors Yuill, Allard, Malik and Brooks
Meeting: 01/10/2025 - Council (Item 12)
Urgent Notice of Motion by Councillors Yuill, Allard, Malik and Brooks
That this Council:
1. Recognises the importance of the North East and North of Scotland regional news services provided by STV North / Grampian TV over 60 years.
2. Notes the undertakings given by STV, at the time it took over Grampian TV in 1997, that the separate North East and North of Scotland regional news programmes would be maintained.
3. Deplores the announcement by STV that it intends to end its STV North news programming and the reported loss of 60 jobs associated with this.
4. Notes that Aberdeen City Council's Employability Team, through Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE), is ready to support individuals facing the loss of their jobs.
5. Agrees that the Council will seek to work with others, including the National Union of Journalists, to make the case for the retention of STV North news programming and, in particular, instructs the Chief Executive to make representations to this effect to STV, Ofcom, the Scottish Government, and UK Government.
Decision:
The Council resolved:-
to approve the urgent notice of motion.
Minutes:
The Council had before it an urgent notice of motion by Councillors Yuill, Allard, Malik and Brooks in the following terms:-
“That this Council:
1. Recognises the importance of the North East and North of Scotland regional news services provided by STV North / Grampian TV over 60 years.
2. Notes the undertakings given by STV, at the time it took over Grampian TV in 1997, that the separate North East and North of Scotland regional news programmes would be maintained.
3. Deplores the announcement by STV that it intends to end its STV North news programming and the reported loss of 60 jobs associated with this.
4. Notes that Aberdeen City Council's Employability Team, through Partnership Action for Continuing Employment (PACE), is ready to support individuals facing the loss of their jobs.
5. Agrees that the Council will seek to work with others, including the National Union of Journalists, to make the case for the retention of STV North news programming and, in particular, instructs the Chief Executive to make representations to this effect to STV, Ofcom, the Scottish Government, and UK Government.”
The Council resolved:-
to approve the urgent notice of motion.