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Notes of a Newsman John MacKay

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Notes of a Newsman By John MacKay

Notes of a Newsman by John MacKay

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Notes of a Newsman

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Notes of a Newsman: Witness to a Changing Scotland by John MacKay

As a young reporter John MacKay took the first calls on the Lockerbie Bombing. As a news anchor he conducted the final TV interviews of the Yes and No campaigns in Scotland's Referendum. His journey in journalism has taken him to the key events through the most dramatic decades of Scotland's peacetime history. Using contemporary scripts, transcripts of significant interviews, diaries and recollections, he charts Scotland's transformation as a society and as a nation.

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It's pleasing to be able to get behind the armour of professional neutrality, with MacKay revealing himself as a man of good judgement, decency, and considerable political foresight. - THE SCOTTISH REVIEW OF BOOKS

About John MacKay

John MacKay is one of Scotland's best known broadcasters. He is the face of the STV News at Six and presents Scotland's most popular current affairs programme Scotland Tonight. His career has spanned from the last days of the old newspaper era to the instant news of social media. MacKay was born in Glasgow, but his Hebridean heritage inspired him to write three successful novels, all based on the Isle of Lewis: The Road Dance, Heartland and Last of the Line.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Introduction

1986

Hercules the Bear
Women get legal right to claim housekeeping
Concerns over Chernobyl explosion
Gartcosh closure

1987

Barlinnie riots
General Election 1987
Industrial unrest over privatisation aids threat
Demolition of Apollo Theatre
Sunday opening of shops

1988

Orkney tales
Refugee concerns
Glasgow Garden Festival
Piper Alpha
Jim Sillars wins Govan by-election
David Murray buys Rangers
Lockerbie bombing

1989

NHS restructuring proposals
Bellgrove train crash
Annual Scotland England football rivalry under threat
Rangers sign first Catholic
House of Commons televised
Channel Tunnel concerns for Scotland

1990

Eastwood helicopter crash
Rangers invited to join European Super League
Ten die in plane crash on Harris
Neil Kinnock - Scottish Assembly free to raise taxes
Genetic fingerprinting
Offside rule changed

1991

First Gulf War
Downing Street mortar attack
Orkney child abuse allegations
Council Tax replaces Poll Tax
Newton rail crash

1992

Ravenscraig closure
General Election 1992
Scottish Super League
Changes to goalkeeper passback rules
Barcelona Olympics
ERM crisis

1993

Braer disaster
`Not Proven' campaign
Rangers in new Champions League
British football's most expensive signing
Nelson Mandela in Glasgow

1994

Celtic takeover by Fergus McCann
Frederick West's Scottish victims
John Smith's death
Tridents submarines on the Clyde
Gordon Brown steps aside for Tony Blair
First T-in-the-Park
Girl Guide bus crash
National Lottery launch
Catholic Church sex abuse scandal

1995

Ecstasy deaths
M77 motorway
Local Government reorganisation
Death of Davie Cooper
Rising poverty
Skin cancer increasing
Braveheart premiere
Quebec Referendum
Big freeze

1996

Killer asbestos
Rising drug deaths
Dunblane
Last Polaris submarine
Greenock torture trial
Oasis at Loch Lomond
Labour propose Referendum on Devolution
Glasgow sick city of Europe
First commercial windfarm
E-coli outbreak

1997

General Election 1997
Conservative wipeout in Scotland
Death of Princess Diana
Devolution Referendum
Hamilton curfew

1998

Housing shortage World Cup 1998
Edinburgh tram proposal
Scottish Six ruled out

1999 1

First Scottish Parliament election
Donald Dewar becomes Scotland's first First Minister
Opening of Scottish Parliament
Glasgow Airport crash
Scotland v England European Championship qualifiers

2000

Clause 28 row
Fuel crisis
Donald Dewar's death
Henry McLeish becomes First Minister
First Minister meets the Pope
Madonna's wedding

2001

Lockerbie Bomber conviction
Foot and Mouth outbreak
Resignation of First Minister Henry McLeish
Jack McConnell becomes First Minister

2002

Lockerbie Bomber's appeal
Champions League Final in Glasgow
French school bus crash
Firefighters' strike
Cowgate blaze
Catholic schools row

2003

Iraq War
Scottish Parliament elections 2003
Celtic in UEFA Cup Final
Holyrood building fiasco

2004

Rosepark Care Home fire
Alex Salmond returns as SNP leader
Holyrood Inquiry
Opening of new Scottish Parliament building

2005

Auschwitz anniversary
Make Poverty History march
G8 Summit at Gleneagles
Civil Partnerships

2006

Smoking ban
Bird Flu scare
East European immigration

2007

Scottish Parliament election 2007
Madeleine McCann disappears
Alex Salmond becomes First Minister
Gordon Brown becomes Prime Minister
Glasgow chosen to host Commonwealth Games

2008

Death Row Scot returns home
Rangers in UEFA Cup Final
Wendy Alexander resigns as Scottish Labour leader
Banking crisis

2009

RBS post worst losses in UK financial history
North Sea helicopter crash
Lockerbie Bomber freed
Peter Tobin sentenced to life

2010

General Election 2010
Coalition Government
Pope Benedict visits Scotland
Ed Miliband new Labour leader in UK
Big Freeze
Tommy Sheridan convicted

2011

Scottish Parliament elections 2011
SNP majority Scottish Government
Launch of Scotland Tonight
Hurricane Bawbag

2012

Scottish Independence debate
Rangers go bust
Death of Lockerbie Bomber
Olympic Torch in Scotland
Andy Murray wins first Grand Slam Olympic
Homecoming parade
Kevin Bridges interview
Oscar Pistorius interview
Andy Murray interview

2013

Death of Margaret Thatcher
STV Independence debates
Andy Murray wins Wimbledon
Scottish Government white paper on Independence
Clutha tragedy
Death of Nelson Mandela

2014

Commonwealth Games in Glasgow
Scottish Independence Referendum
Johann Lamont resigns as Scottish Labour Leader
Nicola Sturgeon becomes First Minister
George Square tragedy

2015

General Election 2015
Conservative majority government
SNP landslide in Scotland
Death of Charles Kennedy
Debate on more powers for Scotland

Additional information

GOR007100220
9781910745045
1910745049
Notes of a Newsman: Witness to a Changing Scotland by John MacKay
John MacKay
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Luath Press Ltd
20150901
272
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