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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Eclipse eclipsed by Scottish cloud

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

My Kind of Town has wrapped in St. Andrew's! What a week. We've filmed with charities, learned about the history of the town and university. I also tried some #golf. While we've not been filming, I've tried to brush up on some darts and pool #standrews #history #flying #scotland

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

For our latest filming, I spoke to a man was a pilot at RAF Leuchars. I got an aircraft tour of the St. Andrew's area, but when our cameraman came to do extra shots, for some reason he wanted a professional pilot and not me #Scotland #mykindoftownscotland #aircraft #flying

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Before coming to St. Andrew's, I thought it was all history, education, and golf. But there is another side here that students and tourists don't see. I met some people who are making a difference to those experiencing hard times #mykindoftownscotland #scotland #standrews #scottish #BBCScotland

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Our second full day of filming in St. Andrew's is done. We delved into the history of this ancient Fife town, finding out about its origins around religion and education. I walked on a road that thousands of pilgrims took here #mykindoftownscotland #scotland #history #scottishhistory #fife #religion

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

This year, St. Andrew’s is My Kind of Town! Here’s the start of our filming. It started with me being abandoned in blazing sunshine with no water. So far, so good… youtube.com/shorts/TDWX2...

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Gowns in the Town without a frown! Day 1 filming in St. Andrew's #mykindoftownscotland #bbc

YouTube video by My Kind of Town Scotland

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The Commonwealth Games in Glasgow are scaled back, but the medal haul in parasports is bigger than ever. Athletes say this is “a victory for parasports around the globe”. Read our latest piece below #sport #parasport #glasgow #scotland #commonwealthgames www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Glasgow 2026: Record number of para-sport medals at Commonwealth Games

More than 450 parasports athletes will compte in 47 medal events at Glasgow 2026.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

When frustrated, Steve Clarke can summon a FIFA logo out of thin air

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Disabled motorists in rural Scotland say Motability changes could be “devastating”. The proposed changes have been paused in Scotland, but drivers we’ve spoken to have expressed concern about their future on the scheme www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Disabled rural drivers 'could be hit hardest' by Motability cuts

New UK mileage limits and higher excess charges have been paused by the Scottish government while talks with Motability take place.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

What goes on behind the scenes on My Kind of Town? Lots. That's the short answer. Here's a chat with some of the people making the programme, James our cameraman and Duncan our Producer/Director. Also featured is Graeme Johncock who will appear in the episode www.youtube.com/watch?v=09E3...

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Making My Kind Of Town: The Behind-the-Scenes of St Andrews

YouTube video by My Kind of Town Scotland

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

They’ve long been called our best friend, but can your dog save your life in an emergency? A group of dogs in Scotland are trained to be deployed to find missing people at water rescues. Our latest report below (with lots of nice dog pics!!) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Dogs drafted in to help paramedics in water rescue searches

Handlers say the dogs can quickly search large areas, allowing specialist crews to focus on rescue work.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

One thing I love about rocket launches on TV is not knowing what you’re looking at. After immediate launch, the visuals change every 20 seconds to things you have no idea about but they look very official, it’s peak “monitoring the situation”. And the situation for #ArtemisII is looking great

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

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.

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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...

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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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

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...

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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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

A frosty Mount Errigal in Donegal yesterday. What a time of year to be in that part of the world #ireland #winter #Donegal

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

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...

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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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

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!!

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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...

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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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

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

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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...

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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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

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!

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

The view from the top of Ben Lomond today. Of course, it brightened up on my way down

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

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...

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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.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

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

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

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

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

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)

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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...

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Peterhead - My Kind of Town

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

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...

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Debt collectors sent to claim money from young disabled woman

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

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

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Day 1 complete! My Kind of Town is up and running, and we had a great first day filming in Alloa, visiting a charity that helps tackle loneliness and one of the town's best-established shops

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Best thing about this time of year is light for photos. This is like looking down on the northern lights but eh.. sadly it’s just algae in a Glasgow pond

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Droned and filmed by yours truly. It’s always sunny in Alloa, right?

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Busy morning in NYC visiting the Rockefeller center

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Ian Hamilton @ianhamiltonbbc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Disabled people are saying travelling on Scotland's night buses is a complicated picture. Some companies allow you to use free travel cards. Others don't. We went to hear from Andrew, who was caught out by night buses in Edinburgh.

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

A few images from droning around after a week at home in Ireland. Some new builds, some old builds, some rubble.

Top down view of an abandoned church. There are some graves around it and trees growing out of the roof

Close up of trees growing out of fallen-in church roof

Construction of new bridge. A crane is on the left of picture, steel poles are dotted across the water towards land on the far side of the photo

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Just take 30 seconds to enjoy a 500-year old castle keep, amid the rolling hills of Carlingford and Warrenpoint

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Briefly back at home in Ireland for a week. Fired the drone up to see a bridge being built between NI and ROI that must have taken roughly 30 years to get over the line. Every time I come home there’s something else changed and it’s really great to see sometimes

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

"I think we need a miracle," says Rebecca MacLennan, a charity worker in Mull. She and her family spent years in a small flat, another family who struggled with Scotland's rural housing crisis. She works with young families and says housing always comes up in conversation

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Daniel Bennett @dbennettnews.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Ten years to the day since I went to what has remained a top 3 gig. Myself and a mere 1800 enjoying an intimate gig, at least for a band of this scale. Not sure my ear drums have been right since. Also when I learned that Matt Bellamy is part-Belfast youtu.be/GgBqeQXMGpQ?...

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Muse - Psycho (Live at the Ulster Hall in Belfast)

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