David Henderson (born 1970) is a news correspondent and presenter with

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news. He is BBC Scotland's business and transport correspondent for BBC ''

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'', '' The Politics Show Scotland'', '' 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 all-boys' Private schools in the United Kingdom, private day 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 p ...

in Edinburgh, has an honours degree in Scots law from

Aberdeen University The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated ''Aberd.'' in post-nominals; ) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland. It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Al ...

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 Scot FM was a regional radio station serving Central and Southern Scotland. Broadcast from studios at Albert Quay in Leith, the station was billed as radio for Scotland's thinking classes but was unable to create a clear identity for itself, wh ...

. Henderson has a postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism from

University of the West of Scotland The University of the West of Scotland (), formerly the University of Paisley, is a public university with four campuses in south-western Scotland, in the towns of Paisley, Blantyre, Dumfries and Ayr, as well as a campus in London, England. T ...

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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, David Living people Alumni of the University of Aberdeen 1970 births BBC Scotland newsreaders and journalists People educated at Stewart's Melville College Alumni of the University of the West of Scotland