Scotland Editor for @BBCNews. Formerly North America Correspondent in Los Angeles and Chief News Correspondent for @BBCScotNine.

Scotland
Joined October 2008
FACTS — 10,481 recorded drugs deaths in Scotland in 10 years. Details of the “trend” (up, up, up, up, up, up, up, fractionally down, down, up) are included in my piece. (He blocked me hence screenshot).
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🔴 ⚠️ #StormÉowyn. The Ayr-Stranraer line won't reopen today, as we continue to deal with many fallen trees, with 30 down at one location alone. Also working with Scottish Power to deal with fallen power cables over the railway near Ayr. @networkrail @transcotland @ScotRail
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It's the coldest night of the winter so far. Kinbrace in Sutherland has dipped to -17.6C
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Brrrrrrr! 🥶
Altnaharra now has plummeted to -15.7C! A classic night where the land radiates away rapidly over deep snow cover. On the way to -20C!
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Police warn that two lynx are on the loose in the Highlands. Although I can’t imagine calling 101 and patiently quoting incident number 2179/08/01/25 if a big cat were on my tail!
Two lynx have been spotted in the Drumguish area near to Kingussie. Specially trained staff from Highland Wildlife Park are assisting officers to trace them. Do not approach the lynx or attend the area, but instead call police via 101. Quote inc no 2179/08/01/25 when calling.
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We’re dealing with 15 flooding incidents on the Far North Line. We’re also dealing with a landslip near Brora. Teams working hard to respond, but hampered by poor driving conditions, and the A9 closure near Invergordon. @ScotRail @DRSgovUK @transcotland 📸: Flooding at Dunrobin
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BREAKING: Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election bbc.in/3DlvkWr
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I was with the press pool in the cathedral. I talked to the journalists next to me about texts from colleagues outside re jeering. It is not true to say “we had ALL mistaken inside for outside” At no point did I hear any jeering inside nor did I hear anyone suggest there was any.
Kudos for the admission. But how did this "false information" come to be "going around the press pool within the cathedral"? If they were in the cathedral, they must have known it was false, because none of them heard it (because it didn't happen).
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Billions at stake in courtroom battle over North Sea oil and gas as climate campaigners challenge the UK government’s consent for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields bbc.com/news/articles/ce89er… 📷 @JeffJMitch @GettyImages
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NEWSCASTERS! Your Sunday serving... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k3mj… me, @hzeffman and @BBCJamesCook where is the £££££ for defence? UK forces chief says govt must 'match resources and ambition'
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Petroineos has confirmed it plans to close Scotland's only oil refinery, at Grangemouth, by next summer with the loss of 400 jobs over the next two years.
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