30 years ago this Friday, Rachael Irvine lost her eldest brother, Ross, at Dunblane, the UK's deadliest firearms atrocity. She's spoken for the first time about her grief and love for that beautiful wee boy who'll be forever five. My longread for Scotland on Sunday: www.scotsman.com/news/grief-l...
30 years ago this Friday, Rachael Irvine lost her eldest brother, Ross, at Dunblane, the UK's deadliest firearms atrocity. She's spoken for the first time about her grief and love for that beautiful wee boy who'll be forever five. My longread for Scotland on Sunday: www.scotsman.com/news/grief-l...
EXC: Rockstar, the Scottish video game firm behind the Grand Theft Auto series, has now claimed more than £500m in tax relief through a UK Gov scheme while paying out £400m+ in dividends, prompting calls for reform of what one MP called a 'Grand Theft Tax' www.scotsman.com/news/anger-o...
My Insight interview with Dugald McArthur, a former KPMG executive and great grandson of the Barras Queen, Maggie McIver, who has taken the helm of the family business at the famous Glasgow market and Barrowland ballroom. www.scotsman.com/news/a-sourc...
EXCL: The US Secret Service spent nearly £2.8m during Donald Trump's visit to Scotland in July, according to records obtained by @scotsman.com under US FoI laws, with Trump's hotels among the recipients. An ethics watchdog condemned the payments as "shocking" www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
EXCL: Parts of Donald Trump’s flagship Scottish golf resort will be locked down overnight in the wake of a security review. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
EXCL: Donald Trump's Scottish resorts received more than £20,000 from the US government for accommodation for Secret Service agents assigned to protect his son, Eric, during a visit to Scotland earlier this year. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
EXCL: The chief exec of the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service has warned its independence risks being undermined by politicians calling for contentious terror laws not to be enforced & stressed the prosciption of Palestine Action doesn't prevent Gaza protests www.scotsman.com/news/crown-o...
EXCL: The chief exec of the Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service has warned its independence risks being undermined by politicians calling for contentious terror laws not to be enforced & stressed the prosciption of Palestine Action doesn't prevent Gaza protests www.scotsman.com/news/crown-o...
EXCL: Scottish taxpayers reimbursed one of Donald Trump’s Scottish golf resorts for rooms used by First Minister John Swinney and his officials during the US president’s high-profile visit to Scotland last month. www.scotsman.com/news/taxpaye...
EXCL: The Church of Scotland has been accused of “turning its back” on Palestinian Christians after a senior group of trustees unveiled proposals to hive off its luxury hotel in Israel. www.scotsman.com/news/fury-in...
Good morning - here is today's front page of The Scotsman: Kirk hit by resignations over plans for Israel hotel, via
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Good morning - here is today's front page of
The Scotsman: Ambulance service in total breakdown, says surgeon, via
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I served on a High Court trial during the pandemic and despite being excused from service for a period afterwards, was still being cited. Picqued my interest in what was happening!
Snap, Lesley. That's what got me looking into it!
"The most beautiful place in the world." Fair Isle, the most remote inhabited island in Britain, is looking for a nurse to play a key role in its “forward thinking” and “hard-working” community. www.scotsman.com/news/nurse-w...
EXCL: Hundreds of thousands of people across Scotland are being excluded from serving on a jury due to problems with the current “outdated” system used by the nation’s courts service. www.scotsman.com/news/hundred...
As revealed by @scotsman.com yesterday, JD Vance visited the golf resort owned by his boss today. Trump's Scottish businesses have received hundreds of thousands of US taxpayers' $, with previous visitors including the former US ambassador to the UK. www.scotsman.com/news/uk-news...
EXCL: US vice president JD Vance is expected to visit Donald Trump’s Turnberry resort when he visits Scotland later this week, reigniting questions over how the US president’s private business is able to generate revenue via his government. www.scotsman.com/news/jd-vanc...
Thanks Robert, really appreciate those kind words.
Cheers Dani!
Chuffed to be shortlisted at this year's Wincott Awards for my stories on Rockstar North's taxes, ScotWind's Russia ties, and how a sprawling Scottish estate was bought by the son of a fugitive Hong Kong billionaire. Thanks to Lionel Barber & the judges. wincott.co.uk/wincott-shor...
EXCL: A former Conservative politician who helped run the leadership campaign of Boris Johnson in Scotland has secured a new job with one of Donald Trump’s golf resorts. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
EXCL: A former Conservative politician who helped run the leadership campaign of Boris Johnson in Scotland has secured a new job with one of Donald Trump’s golf resorts. www.scotsman.com/news/scottis...
Thanks Robert, hope all's well
Nice to learn today that I've been shortlisted in two categories at the Scottish Press Awards alongside talented colleagues from @scotsman.com and further afield. Journalism matters more than ever. It's good to reaffirm that now and then. www.scotsman.com/business/the...
ICYMI: Rape survivors have condemned a pilot scheme introduced by the Scottish Govt to help victims obtain free High Court transcripts, warning that delays & “insensitive” engagement left them feeling “fobbed off” and “treated like a number.” www.scotsman.com/news/rape-su...
EXCL: Three women who were raped by a controlling domestic abuser have criticised a “shoddy” and “insensitive” pilot scheme rolled out by the Scottish Government that left them waiting a year for a transcript of their court cases. www.scotsman.com/news/rape-su...
EXCL: Rape survivors have condemned a pilot scheme introduced by the Scottish Govt to help victims obtain free court transcripts, warning that delays & “insensitive” engagement left them feeling “fobbed off” and “treated like a number.” Thread 👇 www.scotsman.com/news/rape-su...
EXCL: Three women who were raped by a controlling domestic abuser have criticised a “shoddy” and “insensitive” pilot scheme rolled out by the Scottish Government that left them waiting a year for a transcript of their court cases. www.scotsman.com/news/rape-su...
