Norman Macleod () (born circa 1967) is a

STV North Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 (UK), Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and which, decades later, was merged with the Central Belt channel STV. The northern region's coverage area includes th ...

news presenter and journalist for the Northern Scotland edition of ''

STV News at Six ''STV News'' is a Scottish news division produced by STV. The news department produces two regional services covering STV's Channel 3 franchise areas of Northern and Central Scotland. STV News programmes are produced from studios in Glasgo ...

''. A Gaelic-speaker from Scalpay, Harris on the Outer Hebrides, Macleod worked part-time at two BBC local radio stations, one in

Stornoway Stornoway (; ) is the main town, and by far the largest, of the Outer Hebrides (or Western Isles), and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it the third-largest island town in Scotlan ...

and the other in

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, whilst at college. Upon completing his studies, he joined

Grampian Television Grampian Television was the original name of the Channel 3 service for the north of Scotland founded in 1961 and which, decades later, was merged with the Central Belt channel STV. The northern region's coverage area includes the Northern Isle ...

(now ''STV North'') as a bilingual trainee in 1987 and later joined the ''

North Tonight ''North Tonight'' was a Scottish nightly regional news programme covering the North of Scotland, produced by STV North (formerly Grampian Television). History During the late 1960s and 1970s, Grampian's regional news service consisted of daily 1 ...

'' team as a reporter and newsreader. Following a major revamp of the nightly news programme in 2006, he became the programme's chief solo anchor, a duty he shares with

Andrea Brymer Andrea Brymer (born ) is a Scottish television presenter who is one of the main anchors for the Northern Scotland edition of ''STV News at Six''. Early life Brymer hails from the Angus town of Brechin. After attending high school, Brymer gra ...

. Macleod has previously presented and produced some of STV's Gaelic-language programming and the station's online video blog ''Northern Exposure''.

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* Living people People educated at Oldmachar Academy Scottish television presenters STV News newsreaders and journalists 1960s births Year of birth missing (living people) {{Scotland-bio-stub