Hello Scotland

"BBC Reporting Scotland" is scheduled to appear at 1.30pm on a weekday.

It would appear it is now a permanent fixture that London based "BBC News At One" encroaches by five minutes every single day.

This is unjustified, as items which are primarily for English regions are presented as being of the national interest.

In the last week, the BBC inflicted such news items as the England football team arriving in Doha; England playing Australia at cricket; Christiano Ronaldo sacked at Manchester Utd; English Ofsted inspections; the pride in Stourbridge as a local plays for England; English fans in Manchester watching the World Cup and the Queen Consort hosting a children's party in London.

The knock on effect is that, time and time again, Scottish reports are cut short with the plaintive cry please come back at 6.30pm to hear the end of the report.

Given we are discussing such matters as the strikes by nurses; teachers, the railways and the Royal Mail; and the preparations for winter, which impact considerably on all our lives, this is intolerable. JOHN V LLOYD Inverkeithing