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1 month ago | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Terry Murden |Hayley Valentine

BBC Scotland has told actors and film crew that it is cancelling its soap series River City after more than 20 years. The drama which began in September 2002 will continue filming for another 12 months before airing its final series in September next year. It follows the network scrapping of daytime soap Doctors and the medical drama Holby City. The BBC said there had been a significant change in audience behaviour away from long-running series and towards shorter runs.

1 month ago | dailybusinessgroup.co.uk | Paul Kiddie |Hayley Valentine |Ian Maxwell

Armchair football fans have been handed a boost with the news that the BBC has agreed an exclusive deal to broadcast all of Scotland Men’s National Team matches in the build up to the 2026 World Cup. The deal with UEFA covers 14 live Scotland matches, including the European qualifiers Group C ties against Belarus, Greece and either Portugal or Denmark, the forthcoming Nations League play-off tie against the Greeks and the June friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein.