Journalists at STV have voted for strike action in a dispute over proposals to cut jobs and scrap the dedicated news programme in the north of Scotland.

The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said a ballot of members found that 94% were in favour of strike action and and 98% supported action short of strikes on a turnout of 82%.

It comes after the broadcaster announced proposals to make 60 staff redundant with the NUJ saying half of those would be in the newsroom.

In addition, STV plans to replace its central belt and north of Scotland news with a single programme from Glasgow, with this including sections devoted to regional news.

Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has already expressed his concerns about the proposals.

The union said that some of the proposals require Ofcom app

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