Glasgow Police Helicopter Crash

John Mckay is live from Glasgow, on the special

This will either be a 30mins or hour long.

STV special was 30mins long, the next one will be at 18.05, I doubt the national news will be broadcast at 18.15, thus the speical will also last around 30mins.

Sophie Long taking over from Laura at 15:59.

BREAKING: 8 fatalities confirmed dead, 3 inside helicopter and remaining 5 in the pub. 14 critical in hospital too.

Thoughts and condolences are with the families of the deceased, their friends and their colleagues and those at Police Scotland.

Reporting Scotland follows National news with Riz and is being simulcast on the news channel

Don't think this has ever happened before - BBC News channel is simulcasting an extended edition of Reporting Scotland.

I think the news channel has simulcast a small number of regional programmes at 18:30 (weekdays). I think Midlands for one iirc.

What a joke! STV news is lasted the 10mins so we now have ITN news to cover the same story. Why didn't STV just opt out from ITN news.

Yes it has happened at least 3 times in the last few years.

And BBC 1 Network simulcast the first 15 mins of Reporting Scotland on the evening of the Dunblane shootings.

Would it not make sense for Sophie to anchor from PQ Studio C and keep a reporter out at Stockwell Street?