David Henderson (born 1970) is a news correspondent and presenter with BBC Scotland news. He is BBC Scotland's business and transport correspondent for BBC ''

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'', '' Holyrood Live'', ''Newsdrive'' and ''Scotland at 10''. He has acted as BBC Scotland’s health correspondent as well as a former relief news anchor and is part of BBC Radio Scotland’s commentary team for Scottish international

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. Since November 2023, Henderson is acting as one of BBC Scotland's Political correspondents.

Education

Henderson was educated at

Stewart's Melville College Stewart's Melville College (SMC) is an independent day and boarding school in Edinburgh, Scotland. Classes are all boys in the 1st to 5th years and co-educational in Sixth (final) year. It has a roll of about 750 pupils. The school is twinned w ...

in Edinburgh, has an honours degree in Scots law from

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and a diploma in legal practice. He also studied at Palermo University, Italy, under the Erasmus scheme. Before joining the BBC he was a lawyer, specialising in civil and criminal court work and also worked at the radio station Scot FM. Henderson has a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland ( gd, Oilthigh na h-Alba an Iar), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Renfrewshire, Paisley, Blantyre, South Lanar ...

and a particular interest in public law and human rights law. An experienced climber and hillwalker, Henderson has written for '' The Great Outdoors'' (TGO), and co-wrote ''Philip's Guide to Mountains'' (editor, Ingalo Thomson; general editor, Doug Scott).

References

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