BBC Scotland taps STV veteran Howard Simpson as news editor

BBC Scotland has secured STV’s editor of news and current affairs Howard Simpson as its news editor.
Howard won a Bafta in 2014 for his coverage of the Scottish independence referendum, in addition to, as managing editor of the STV nightly news,  helped secure two RTS Scotland awards for best news programme.
BBC Scotland will keen to leverage his experience, with him serving at STV, where he launched Scotland Tonight, since 2001.
In a statement distributed to staff