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News / Nicola McAlley

Nicola McAlley

  • Nicola.mcalley@stv.tv

Nicola is a reporter for STV News covering the Highlands, Islands and Moray. Her diverse role has included spending a week on St Kilda, being deposited onto a moving RNLI Lifeboat from a SeaKing helicopter and boarding a nuclear submarine moored off the coast of Skye.

Should tourists put ‘T-plate’ on cars when driving in Scotland?
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Should tourists put 'T-plate' on cars when driving in Scotland?

Moray pupils tuck into brownies made from peas in new school meals pilot
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Are brownies made with peas the future of school lunches?

Loch Ness hosts first heavy events championship for women
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Loch Ness hosts first heavy events championship for women

Investigation launched after Highland wildfires ravage area size of 10,500 football pitches
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Investigation launched after wildfires ravaged area size of 10,500 football pitches

Watch aerial video showing extent of raging wildfires in Scottish Highlands
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Watch aerial video showing extent of raging wildfires in Scottish Highlands

Crews tackle wildfires for fourth night as massive area ravaged
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Crews tackle wildfires for fourth night as massive area ravaged

Firefighters continue to battle wildfires across Highlands and Moray for fourth day as roads remain closed
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Wildfires ravage area size of 10,500 football pitches as crews tackle blaze for fourth day

‘Doctors thought I had gallstones – it turned out to be a rare liver cancer’
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'Doctors thought I had gallstones - it turned out to be a rare liver cancer'

Veteran MSP Fergus Ewing hits out at SNP-Green coalition as he plans to stand as independent in 2026 elections
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'Ludicrous' policies kicked SNP independence dream into long grass, says Ewing

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‘I thought I was going to die’: Student speaks out after being spiked on holiday
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'I thought I was going to die': Student warns of spiking dangers

Man, 56, found dead at property in Edinburgh
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Man, 56, found dead at property in Edinburgh

Fire crews called to blaze in disused building in Kirkcaldy
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Kirkcaldy street closed as fire breaks out in disused building

Man, 20, charged after police seize £5,600 of drugs in county lines raid 
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Man, 20, charged after police seize £5,600 of drugs in county lines raid 

Anti-immigration group and counter-protesters in Falkirk standoff
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Anti-immigration group and counter-protesters in Falkirk standoff

Nine arrests and more to come as police attacked at Tommy Robinson protest
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Nine arrests and more to come as police attacked at Tommy Robinson protest

Fire crews tackle building blaze in Glasgow’s east end
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Fire crews tackle building blaze in Glasgow

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‘Organised’ rural crime costs industry £1m as livestock and equipment thefts soar
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'Organised' gangs targeting farms in £1m rural crime spree

Hillwalkers and Munro baggers called to help track down Scotland’s first meteorite in 100 years
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Hillwalkers called to help track down Scotland's first meteorite in 100 years

New research centre in Dundee hailed as major milestone in search for Parkinson’s cure
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New research centre hailed as major milestone in search for Parkinson's cure

Edinburgh mum calls for tougher online safety 11 years after teenage daughter’s death
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'Sophie saw things no child should': Grieving mum's plea for stronger online safety

Chronic pain patients fear return to ‘living hell’ as future of NHS injections uncertain
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Residents issue urgent plea for new Craignure ferry terminal on Mull ‘as quick as possible’
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'We need new Craignure ferry terminal as quick as possible'

Glencoe mountain rescue team suffer ‘deja vu’ amid two missions to locate stranded walkers on same Munro
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'Deja vu' for rescuers amid two missions to locate stranded walkers on same Munro

Motorcyclist dies after crash with campervan in the Highlands
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Motorcyclist dies in crash with campervan near beauty spot

Concerns grow for missing school girl three days after disappearance from Inverness
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Concerns grow for schoolgirl missing from home for three days

Locals invited to share views on reintroduction of beavers to Loch Ness area
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Locals invited to share views on reintroduction of beavers to Loch Ness area

Should tourists put ‘T-plate’ on cars when driving in Scotland?
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Should tourists put 'T-plate' on cars when driving in Scotland?

Lifeboat called to rescue sinking yacht run aground in Portree bay
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Lifeboat called to rescue sinking yacht run aground in bay

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Man, 28, admits arson after fire guts Labour MP’s office
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Man, 28, admits arson after fire guts Labour MP’s office

Sainsbury’s recalls own-brand houmous because of E.coli fears
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Sainsbury’s recalls own-brand houmous because of E.coli fears

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