James Cook
James Cook has been Scotland Correspondent for 91热爆 News since 2008, reporting from around the country for the One, Six and Ten o鈥檆lock news on 91热爆 One as well as for Radio 4, 5 live and the 91热爆 News Channel.
His brief ranges widely: covering the twists and turns of the independence debate one day; revealing a panda pregnancy the next.
Cook鈥檚 career in journalism began more than 20 years ago in local radio where he first read the news at the age of 15, going on to interview prime ministers and pop stars before moving to the 91热爆 in 1998 as a sub-editor.
Since then he has presented programmes which include and and has reported for the 91热爆 from Australia, Asia, Latin America and the United States, where he covered the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the 2004 US presidential election.