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Daniel Bennett

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Senior Journalist/Producer in Society and Health at BBC Scotland News. Once deemed "not quite Terry Wogan" by a listener. ✉️ : daniel.bennett@bbc.co.uk BBC journos starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/8gWbLmD

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I’ve recently got back to watching Better Call Saul. Hadn’t finished it first time around. So, so good. Goes without telling the storytelling is incredible.

05.02.2026 21:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Can Scotland's Ukrainian refugees ever go home? With no progress in peace talks and Russia continuing to bomb Ukraine, refugees in Scotland look to the future.

What would you do if your home was destroyed? For many Ukrainians in Scotland, that's the situation they find themselves in. Amid peace deal talks, will they have a choice about staying or returning? Our latest story across BBC Scotland

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

28.01.2026 12:13 — 👍 2    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Can Scotland's Ukrainian refugees ever go home? With no progress in peace talks and Russia continuing to bomb Ukraine, refugees in Scotland look to the future.

What do Ukrainians in Scotland do next? Amid peace talks to solve the war, will those refugees want to move back to #Ukraine or stay in #Scotland? Thousands are facing this dilemma and weighing up their next move. Our latest for BBC Scotland News on the link below

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

28.01.2026 10:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Only by drone 😂

05.01.2026 22:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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A frosty Mount Errigal in Donegal yesterday. What a time of year to be in that part of the world #ireland #winter #Donegal

04.01.2026 19:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
Major: The dog who guided me through eight years of TV and radio BBC Scotland's Ian Hamilton looks back on his partnership with his guide dog Major who has retired.

Wishing Major a happy retirement! We were lucky to see him in the office yesterday for one last visit as he begins his retired life. I suspect, though, that he was the gold standard for guide dogs. What a good boy.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

03.12.2025 09:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Being Irish, living in #Scotland for nearly a decade, the last few days of international football have been some of the most thrilling I’ve ever known. WOW!!

18.11.2025 21:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who are the workers who will fire Scotland's space industry? It is hoped the number of employees in Scotland's space industry will rocket to 20,000 in the next 10 years.

Scotland.. the final frontier? About 12,000 space jobs might open up here in the next decade, with industry leaders warning there is a “vast gap” in some skills. So we went to speak to Scotland’s space workers of the future #space #scotland #engineering

www.bbc.com/news/article...

30.10.2025 07:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This was a great show to work on. Unsurprisingly, I wasn’t able to get my drone up near the Prison!

07.10.2025 15:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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You're nicked! ... if you don't tune in to this week's My Kind of Town. It's in Peterhead where I learned about one of the former major employers; the Peterhead Prison. It's now a museum but was home to some of Scotland's most notorious prisoners. On the BBC Scotland channel, 8pm tomorrow night

07.10.2025 10:39 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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This series of #BlueLights has been great, but this minute of TV is exceptional, and the drone shot to hand held is sublime. When one-shot was used in Adolescence I think we were all primed for it, but here I think it ups the jeopardy and adrenaline of the scene. 10/10.

04.10.2025 08:45 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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My Kind of Town - Series 6: 1. Alloa Ian Hamilton and his guide dog Major visit Alloa, a town famous for brewing and glassmaking. Ian takes on a judo champion and tries the beer at the town’s last remaining brewery.

If he didn’t catch the new episode of #MyKindOfTown you can watch it on the iPlayer when I find out all about Alloa. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

03.10.2025 13:22 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Top quality filming from the floor here, even if I do say so myself

01.10.2025 14:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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One year before Glasgow 2026 - is sport accessible to all? Glasgow is trying to make sport attractive for disabled people ahead of hosting the Commonwealth Games.

It’s less than a year until Glasgow hosts the next Commonwealth Games. But how easy is it for people to access sport in Scotland’s biggest city? More on our latest report here

www.bbc.com/news/article...

08.09.2025 07:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We’ve pulled out the stops to do something big on this year’s #Edinburgh Festival. I certainly think it’s worth a listen, tune in on Radio 4 tonight!

26.08.2025 11:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The view from the top of Ben Lomond today. Of course, it brightened up on my way down

10.08.2025 16:02 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Paralysed teenager becomes racing driver in Scottish first Ally Chalmers, 17, took up motor racing after being paralysed from the waist down in a skiing accident.

Last week we filmed with Ally, who's become Scotland's first wheelchair-using racing driver. He says he's determined to become professional, and race at the highest level. See our story across Radio Scotland TV today.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

04.08.2025 10:52 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And if you switch to BBC Two NI now, on iPlayer or such, you can see the football final. Kerry v Donegal, green and goal goliaths of the sport

27.07.2025 14:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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For viewers across the UK, do yourself a favour and get BBC Two on now. All-Ireland final day and you’ve the chance to see the fastest sport on grass. Cork v Tipperary is one of the massive heavyweight clashes in sport. Try it, you won’t be disappointed

20.07.2025 14:38 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 2

Foolishly, he forgot to request danger money for this particular job

20.07.2025 11:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dirty work, someone has to do it

20.07.2025 11:10 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A documentary about guide dogs (specifically about @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social getting a new one and that process) will be coming at some point. Keep your eyes peeled for more videos just like this

20.07.2025 11:05 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Absolutely brutal day of work recently at the Guide Dogs national centre. Sad to say I wasn’t able to save our cameraman from getting savaged (licked)

20.07.2025 10:52 — 👍 153    🔁 20    💬 5    📌 1
Peterhead - My Kind of Town
YouTube video by Ian Hamilton Peterhead - My Kind of Town

The bags are packed. The dog treats are ready. The crew has been assembled. Time to head to #Peterhead for another My Kind of Town. A couple of weeks ago, we went for a nose about as you'll see in this short film

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUaz...

13.06.2025 10:26 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Debt collectors sent to claim money from young disabled woman
YouTube video by Ian Hamilton Debt collectors sent to claim money from young disabled woman

Our latest TV report for BBC Scotland News. I spoke to a family who have begun receiving debt collection letters over a disputed fee for their daughter's support and care while at Scotland's only college for students with complex disabilities.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjhh...

13.06.2025 09:32 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Teen with learning disabilities made to pay Corseford College costs Lorna Greenaway says her local council is billing her daughter £5,500 for support such as transport over the past two years.

Scottish council appoints debt collectors to recover disputed funds from young disabled woman with mental capacity of a 5 year old #disability #Scotland #disabled #news #BBCScotland #education

www.bbc.com/news/article...

12.06.2025 21:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Teen with learning disabilities made to pay Corseford College costs Lorna Greenaway says her local council is billing her daughter £5,500 for support such as transport over the past two years.

Our latest story is online. You can get more on Reporting Scotland on BBC One at 18:30

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

12.06.2025 16:07 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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There's been some dressing down on this year's My Kind of Town as opposed to dressing up on day 4 of My Kind of Town filming in #Alloa. I tried to get Major's views on me doing judo, but he was tight lipped and unimpressed

22.05.2025 19:48 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 3 of My Kind of Town is in the can - and I use that word deliberately. We spoke to some people on Alloa’s high street about their thoughts on the town. Then we went to a brewery to hear about the beer-making past, present, and future of #Alloa

22.05.2025 09:30 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Day 2 in #Alloa is complete and in the bag. I heard a ghost story, got to help plant some flowers, and spoke to a musician who's written a song celebrating the town. Oh, and we might have caught a tan

20.05.2025 21:36 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0