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Exclusive: Pregnant prisoners ‘forced to wear handcuffs in labour’ www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

Man whose left eye ‘melted’ in acid attack thanks placenta donor who helped him heal

NEW: A fire engine donated to Palestine by Scottish firefighters has been impounded by Israel for over six months 🚒 The fire engine is stocked with lifesaving equipment including firefighting kit and PPE, breathing apparatus and medical supplies

NEW: Bestselling crime writer Val McDermid has returned to her childhood library in Kirkcaldy, saying she would not be where she is today if it had not been on her doorstep www.thenational.scot/news/2493054...

NEW: Student protesters have blockaded university buildings in Edinburgh and Glasgow to demonstrate against links to weapons firms supplying Israel Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2492945...

Frank Sinatra’s pride & joy was his bird sanctuary. He didn't own any pelicans though. Egrets? He had a few

NEW: Work to prepare the Cairngorm funicular railway to return to service has begun after being closed for almost two years www.thenational.scot/news/2491592...

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Thousands of trees planted in Devon to start creation of Celtic rainforest

Gaie Delap’s legal team has submitted preliminary action against the Ministry of Justice. They urge them to now make the right decision, arguing the inability to tag her was discriminatory, based on her disability and gender. Read more here: goodlaw.social/0sdl

@trafficscotland.bsky.social Any update on traffic?

George Osborne, "I made a choice as a Conservative Chancellor when faced with a black hole in public finances to cut public expenditure more than increasing taxes" Cathy Newman, "Public services have never recovered from that" #C4News George Osborne, "Well I don't agree with that"

Has the Times sacked its Media Correspondent? Scrolling through its news list and it’s missed a huge story involving the monarchy, journalist ethics and a billion pound cover up at a hugely powerful media organisation. Surely more important than whether dogs suffer from January blues?

NEW: A Scottish Labour-run council underspent its housing budget by £9m despite blaming a lack of SNP Government funding for an 'emergency'

BBC Question Time Study shows when it came to members of the media, a right-wing bias became evident. They regularly featured Isabel Oakeshott, Julia Hartley-Brewer, Kate Andrews, Tim Stanley & Camilla Tominey, with no such similar frequency of guests from left-wing media @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

For the first time, @thesun.co.uk has admitted to engaging in unlawful activity, years after denying any wrongdoing. www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/v...

Speaking from court, Hacked Off Board Director Emma Jones said, “It is a humiliating day for @thesun.co.uk and the senior executives at News Group Newspapers, who have finally admitted that allegations of illegality made against the publisher are true."

bsky.app/profile/traf... Great to find Traffic Scotland here on Bluesky.

Scottish government must do more to control salmon farming, inquiry finds

A Scottish Labour MP challenged Keir Starmer on party leadership's pre-election pledges to Grangemouth which 'haven't happened yet' ⬇️

Coffee drinkers reap health boost – but only if they do it in the morning

Here is the key section of that train wreck of an interview by Robert Jenrick on #r4today. Robinson: Did you raise it when you were Home Office minister? Jenrick: We talked about it... I wasn't... My portfolio... But we talked about it. Only a minute, if you can bear it. ~AA

Chefs and home cooks send trout sales leaping amid farmed salmon fears

Half of Scotland picking up their recycling from the pavement this morning.

Happy New Year’s Eve! If you’re staying in tonight, especially by yourself, why not join us for the ONLY CONNECT SINGLE SPECIAL? I would normally say something sardonic at this point but I genuinely think it’s a lovely NYE companion. 8pm on BBC Two

Breaking News: President-elect Trump failed in his appeal of a $5 million judgment that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll and defamed her.

Edinburgh Hogmanay celebrations cancelled because of adverse weather... Blackpool fireworks also cancelled... More with me on Sky News now (Moonlighting in the glass box presenting chair this week!)

Trump stays silent as MAGA rift grows with Elon Musk pledging ‘war’ to protect H1-B visas: Live updates www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

Hurrah! The Movers and Shakers are in the Sunday Times Alternative Honours List The Sunday Times Alternative Honours of 2024 www.thetimes.com/article/6636...

Has anyone gone back to normal or are we all just floating around eating unidentified bits from the fridge?