Dave Lord

A brief history of Donald Trump and offshore wind Summary of Trump's offshore wind views as he visits Aberdeen to meet Keir Starmer and John Swinney to discuss UK energy policy.

“Ugly windmills” and “drill baby drill”…. @energyvoice.com’s @ryan-duff.bsky.social reflects on The Donald’s various outspoken views on the UK’s energy industry ahead of his controversial visit to Scotland….
Wonder what he’ll say this time… 🤔

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Sad story, stunning design.
Don’t miss your @sundaypost.com this week (or ever in fact…)

Half of Scotland’s over-65s want a phone call from a friend or loved one for Christmas Shock survey reveals over 618k of over-65s are at risk of being lonely during this festive period and 64k have no one to swap presents with on big day.

“This Christmas could be my last, so I’m going to make myself a nice dinner and look forward to the friendship call I know I’m going to get from Age Scotland.
“It will make my day.”

Alex Wilson speaks to the @sundaypost.com about our Big Braw Community campaign.

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Scotland’s retail loss is England’s gain?
Thirsty Scots flooding across the border to pick up cheap booze as 65p minimum unit price bites….

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Want to know what you’ll be paying?
Breakdown of proposed council tax hikes for every local authority exclusively revealed
Plus the socialite murderer who hopes to cash in on a Scottish distillery
And if you need more exclusives, we reveal 254 ‘supervised’ sex offenders managed to commit more crime

A stellar @sundaypost.com feat a councillor who sits on a board overseeing council tax who owes her council hundreds….in unpaid council tax 🤦‍♂️

And we feast on festive fare including sticky toffee pudding cheese (so you don’t have to)…

Plus a jolly big rumpus over LEZs

PLUS SWF awards pull-out.

Could you not get a bit more coffee in that mug Alan? 😂

Meet the 2024 Sunday Post Short Story Competition winners We can reveal the winners of the second, hotly contested and highly acclaimed Sunday Post Short Story Competition 2024.

True prose…

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What will happen to Wellgate Clock as Dundee and Angus College plots shopping centre takeover? The famous nursery rhyme clock has been a fixture of the centre for more than four decades.

I spend an unusual amount of time worrying about the future of this clock.
I think it's because we were born a few months apart.
Something psychological going on about the relentless march of time/deep rooted fear I'd be haunted by the mechanical lion.
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Great to see the Dundee tapestry at the V&A tonight, featuring one of my favourite headlines from my time as editor of the @eveningtelegraph.bsky.social …
#nocturnalknickerknockernicked

The History Gossip: ‘Mingers and stinkers’ make past come to life Katie Kennedy's TikTok series The History Gossip has inspired new book, which looks at 'mingers and stinkers' that bring the past to life.

Which celebrity break-up was saddest – the untimely uncoupling of Love Island stars Molly-Mae and Tommy Fury, or the brutal breakdown of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn’s marriage?
Plus….was Anne of Cleves “a minger”?

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Winners of the amazing Sunday Post 2024 short story competition revealed THIS WEEK.
Rather exciting.
Judges include the peerless Sir Alexander McCall Smith and
Bloody Scotland crime-writing founders Lin Anderson and Alex Gray.
Winners all to be published in our mag.
Oh, and hello Bluesky, hiya pal…