I do see Scottish headlines as my local area on my phone. Just as I would if I was based in London, and see London headlines. Is that odd?
Yes - I don't get specifically London or South East headlines sent to my phone - I get the main BBC news-items. If I want to narrow down to London or the South East, I can of course, but is isn't by default and it is just as easy to narrow down to the Scottish Headlines - actually easier, as 'Scotland' is a secondary heading (requiring just one click), while London & South East is a further layer down, below 'England', requiring actually 3 clicks to get to rather than one.
Of course you can set up your phone to primarily receive headlines from a specific area rather than the main BBC news (I chose not to), but hard to then argue against parochialism.