News / Steven Brown

Steven Brown

steven.brown@stv.tv

Steven has been a reporter at STV News since 2013. He has covered General and Scottish elections, the Scottish independence referendum and Brexit. He has also reported on the pandemic, COP26 and the oil downturn in the North East.

Major North Sea oil firm to slash jobs in Aberdeen in response to UK Government windfall tax

North East & Tayside

Major North Sea oil firm to slash jobs in response to windfall tax

2 weeks ago

A&E: Doctors and nurses at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary braced for NHS’s worst-ever winter

Insight

We've heard this will be NHS's worst winter - here's why it's true

Steven Brown

NHS: Under-pressure medics ‘booed’ at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary A&E

North East & Tayside

Medics ‘booed in the waiting room’ as A&E struggles to cope

3 months ago

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt urged to put new windfall tax on energy firms ‘bottom of the list’

Politics

Chancellor urged to put new windfall tax 'bottom of the list'

4 months ago

Steven Brown: Could Aberdeen become the net-zero capital of the world?

Insight

Could Aberdeen become the net-zero capital of the world?

Steven Brown

Nord Stream attacks ‘indicative of new worrying trend’

North East & Tayside

Nord Stream attacks 'indicative of new worrying trend'

4 months ago

Troubled Stoneywood paper mill loaned £12m in public money before administration

North East & Tayside

Troubled paper mill loaned £12m in public money before administration

4 months ago

Why has the Bank of England increased interest rates and what does that mean for you?

Insight

Why have interest rates risen and what does that mean for you?

Steven Brown

Balmoral Castle: A royal retreat for Queen Elizabeth II and family in Aberdeenshire

North East & Tayside

Balmoral: A royal retreat for Queen Elizabeth II and family

5 months ago

Nicola Sturgeon warns people will die unless energy price cap rise is stopped

Scotland

Sturgeon: 'People will die unless energy price cap rise is stopped'

5 months ago

BP announce 14-year profit high as oil and gas prices continue to rise

UK & International

BP announce 14-year profit high as oil and gas prices continue to rise

6 months ago

Coastguard celebrates 200 years of saving lives at sea

Highlands & Islands

Coastguard celebrates 200 years of saving lives at sea

8 months ago

Biggest daily jump in petrol prices in 17 years with warnings of more rises to come

Scotland

Biggest daily jump in petrol prices in 17 years with more rises to come

8 months ago

Scotland’s greenhouse gas reduction target met during pandemic

Scotland

Scotland's greenhouse gas reduction target met during pandemic

8 months ago

UK Government offices in Edinburgh covered in paint in protest against Shell gas field

Edinburgh & East

Government offices covered with paint in protest against new gas field

8 months ago

Shell’s Jackdaw North Sea gas field given final regulatory approval

North East & Tayside

Shell's Jackdaw North Sea gas field given final regulatory approval

8 months ago

‘Easy to bash’: Where does Rishi Sunk’s windfall tax leave the North Sea?

Insight

'Easy to bash': Where does windfall tax leave the North Sea?

Steven Brown

Deep-water port could let cruise ships bring 100,000 tourists a year to Stornoway

INSIGHT

Cruise ships 'could bring 100,000 tourists a year to Stornoway'

Steven Brown

Calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms as profits at BP soar

North East & Tayside

Calls for a windfall tax on oil and gas firms as profits at BP soar.

9 months ago

Warning that food prices ‘could rise by as much as 50%’ amid fuel costs and war in Ukraine

Scotland

Warning that food prices 'could rise by as much as 50%'

10 months ago

Shell confirms licence extended for controversial Cambo oil field

Highlands & Islands

Shell confirms licence extended for controversial Cambo oil field

10 months ago

UK will become more reliant on oil and gas unless investment is made in the North Sea, report suggests

North East & Tayside

UK could become more reliant on oil and gas imports, says report

10 months ago

What did the report into the deadly ScotRail train crash in Stonehaven find?

Insight

Analysis: What did the Stonehaven train crash investigators find?

Steven Brown

Person dies after Peterhead trawler capsizes off Norway

Scotland

Person dies after Scots trawler capsizes off Norway

11 months ago

Defibrillator delivery man needs device after heart attack

Highlands & Islands

Defibrillator delivery man needs device after heart attack

12 months ago

‘Costs keep rising and there’s not enough workers’

Politics

‘Costs keep rising and there’s not enough workers’

1 year ago

Scottish trawler detained in France amid ongoing fishing dispute

Scotland

Scottish trawler detained in France amid ongoing fishing dispute

1 year ago

More people facing fuel poverty due to soaring energy bills

Scotland

More people facing fuel poverty due to soaring energy bills

1 year ago

Long Covid patient’s ‘life changed’ by hyperbaric oxygen therapy

North East & Tayside

Long Covid patient’s ‘life changed’ by hyperbaric oxygen therapy

1 year ago

New vaccine centre opens at former John Lewis store

North East & Tayside

New vaccine centre opens at former John Lewis store

1 year ago

Today's Top Stories

Scottish workers strike in UK-wide co-ordinated industrial action against Government labour laws changes

Scotland

Half a million strike in 'biggest co-ordinated action in decades'

Scotland’s deposit return scheme will fail without clear blueprint, retailers warn

Scotland

Scotland's deposit return scheme in 'last chance saloon', retailers warn

‘First World War’ bomb found by first-time metal detectorist near school in Invergordon

Highlands & Islands

First-time metal detectorist's 'fear' on finding 'WWI' bomb near school

Gang that led police in helicopter chase after £10,000 Lanarkshire robbery jailed

Gang that led police in helicopter chase after £10,000 robbery jailed

Residents and Carnoustie Leisure Centre evacuated by police after gas leak

North East & Tayside

Residents and leisure centre evacuated by police after gas leak

UK customer personal data stolen as Glasgow-based Arnold Clark hit by Christmas cyber attack

Scotland

Arnold Clark customer personal data stolen in huge UK-wide cyber attack

Drivers warned as A9 closed in both directions after four-vehicle crash at Dalguise junction, Dunkeld

North East & Tayside

Four-vehicle collision closes A9 in both directions

Latest in North East & Tayside

Call for UK Government to overturn £18m Levelling Up rejection for Elgin rejuvenation

North East & Tayside

Call for UK Government to overturn £18m funding rejection for Scots town

Young witness tells murder trial she should have ‘saved’ Bennylyn Burke and daughter Jellica

North East & Tayside

‘I should have saved them’ – child witness tells double murder trial

Cannabis farm worth £400,000 seized at Broughty Ferry house as two men appear at Dundee Sheriff Court

North East & Tayside

Cannabis farm worth £400,000 seized as two men charged

Man missing from North Sea offshore installation named by police as Jason Thomas from Wales

North East & Tayside

Man missing from North Sea offshore rig named by police

Police called to Peterhead Academy in Aberdeenshire after teen ‘enters building with knife’

North East & Tayside

Police called to high school after 'teen entered with knife'

Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire that inspired Walt Disney covered in pink for major restoration

North East & Tayside

Castle that inspired Walt Disney covered in pink for major revamp

Man admits killing Bennylyn Burke and her two-year-old daughter Jellica at house in Dundee

North East & Tayside

Man admits killing mother and her two-year-old daughter

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Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter: DA claims ‘reckless’ behaviour caused fatal Rust shooting

Entertainment

Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter in Rust shooting

Coffee shops: ‘Huge’ difference in caffeine between Costa, Starbucks, Greggs and Pret a Manger

Scotland

Costa cappuccino 'five times stronger' than Starbucks version

Rape and sexual abuse survivors in Highlands waiting 18 months for help, charity warns

Highlands & Islands

Abuse survivors waiting 18 months for help, charity warns

Up Hella Aa: Women join Shetland fire festival procession for the first time

Highlands & Islands

Women join Up Hella Aa fire festival procession for first time

Lewis Capaldi tests Tourette’s device at University of Nottingham ahead of concert

Entertainment

Lewis Capaldi tests Tourette's device at university ahead of concert

Edinburgh man Tim Martin’s friends raise £25,000 for knee op after learning of six-year NHS wait

Edinburgh & East

Friends raise £25,000 for knee surgery after six-year wait warning

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Entertainment

Glasgow's under water and the airport has gone - only a story?

Glasgow and Edinburgh cancer centres will share £4m to develop new treatments

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Tennent’s Sixes: Remembering when fans packed the SECC in Glasgow for football extravaganza

Football

'Fans and players loved it' - remembering the Tennent's Sixes