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Angus Cochrane

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Senior political journalist @BBCScotlandNews @anguscchrn.bsky.social

 Glasgow, Scotland
Joined November 2010
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Overtourism: Does Edinburgh's Royal Mile need 72 gift shops?

Overtourism: Does Edinburgh's Royal Mile need 72 gift shops?

People living in the area say they are seeing the overtourism problems being experienced across Europe.

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Ex-Tory leader Douglas Ross to stand down as MSP bbc.in/4iME9Z5
Douglas Ross: Former Scottish Tory leader to stand down as MSP

Douglas Ross: Former Scottish Tory leader to stand down as MSP

The former Scottish Conservative leader has signalled he will seek to return to Westminster as an MP.

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Ex-SNP chief Peter Murrell in court charged with embezzlement bbc.in/41yE57W

Nicola Sturgeon no longer a suspect in SNP finances investigation

The former first minister's husband Peter Murrell has appeared in court charged with embezzlement.

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Former Labour MSP quits party over welfare cuts bbc.in/41ZCd8h
Former Labour MSP Neil Findlay quits party over welfare cuts

Former Labour MSP Neil Findlay quits party over welfare cuts

A Scottish Labour frontbencher has also criticised UK government plans to cut £5bn a year from social security spending.

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'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home' @_Anguscchrn and I went to Bute last week to speak with Syrians settled on the island after fleeing civil war a decade ago. More ➡️ bbc.in/4kjD0cB

'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home'

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'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home' bbc.in/4h30Gz7

'We can finally return to Syria, but this island is our home'

For the first time, Syrians fleeing civil war have a chance of returning home. But do those settled on Bute want to?

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Swinney attacks Trump's Gaza 'take over' plans bbc.in/411809J
Swinney attacks Trump's Gaza 'take over' plans as 'ethnic cleansing'

Swinney attacks Trump's Gaza 'take over' plans as 'ethnic cleansing'

The first minister says the idea Palestinians should be removed from Gaza is "unacceptable and dangerous".

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BREAKING: Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell to end marriage bbc.in/3E29ebz
Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell to end marriage

Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell to end marriage

Sturgeon says she and the former SNP chief executive have been separated for "some time".

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Scottish Budget set to pass with Labour abstaining bbc.in/4a8g8Iv
Scottish Budget set to pass with Labour abstaining

Scottish Budget set to pass with Labour abstaining

SNP ministers will have the votes they need after Anas Sarwar says his party will not vote down the government's plans.

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London Review of Books@LRB18 Dec 2024
‘Large-scale change to the motorway is impossible without large-scale political reform. The council is too weak and too poor.’ Richard J. Williams on the problem of Glasgow’s M8: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n23/…
Richard J. Williams · Short Cuts: Motorway Cities

Richard J. Williams · Short Cuts: Motorway Cities

When the Glasgow section of the M8 opened on 4 February 1972 a handful of students from the nearby Glasgow School of Art...

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Scottish government to ban WhatsApp for official business bbc.in/3VHPsbF
Scottish government to ban WhatsApp for official business

Scottish government to ban WhatsApp for official business

The announcement comes after it was revealed ministers deleted messages exchanged during the pandemic.

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Labour council leader quits over alleged messages bbc.in/3Bgrf5b
Cammy Day: Edinburgh council leader quits over alleged messages

Cammy Day: Edinburgh council leader quits over alleged messages

Police are investigating Edinburgh councillor Cammy Day following an allegation of inappropriate behaviour.

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BREAKING: Scottish government vows to mitigate two-child benefit cap bbc.in/4eXiwT3
Two-child benefit: SNP government vows to scrap cap

Two-child benefit: SNP government vows to scrap cap

Finance Secretary Shona Robison also announced plans to change the income tax system in her Budget speech.

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UK government not considering Scottish visa to attract migrants bbc.in/3Ub6yOq
UK government not considering Scottish visa to attract migrants

UK government not considering Scottish visa to attract migrants

Sir Keir Starmer has been urged to transfer powers to the Scottish government to help address labour shortages.

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@theglasgowbell5 Oct 2024
"Glasgow has not lost its capacity to excite. On frosty nights, heading gig-wards along the Gallowgate, the Barrowlands’ fairground dazzle still quickens the pulse." Beautiful writing by @DaniGaravelli1 in our first weekend read. glasgowbell.co.uk/glasgows-r…
Glasgow's reinvention has stalled. Can we rekindle it?

Glasgow's reinvention has stalled. Can we rekindle it?

Our city has not lost its capacity to excite, but everywhere the talk is of decaying buildings and missed opportunity

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BREAKING: Scottish government confirms £500m in cuts bbc.in/3TdMg6g
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Katy Scott@KatyScottBBC19 Aug 2024
The Scottish government has scrapped plans to introduce free bus travel for asylum seekers. It had announced it would hold a nationwide pilot of the scheme for asylum seekers who cannot work under UK immigration rules. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjw3…
Scottish government scraps free bus travel for asylum seekers

Scottish government scraps free bus travel for asylum seekers

The government had planned a nationwide pilot for asylum seekers who cannot work under UK immigration rules.

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Tory MSP sorry for calling ally's leadership bid 'awful' bbc.in/3yrDhr6

Tory MSP accidentally posted WhatsApps on ally's 'awful' campaign

Stephen Kerr says his critical WhatsApp messages about Murdo Fraser were taken out of context.

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Why is Elon Musk in a racism row with Scotland's ex-first minister? bbc.in/3WYzniK

Why is Elon Musk in a racism row with Humza Yousaf?

A long-running feud, sparked by a misleading video clip, has led to personal jibes and claims of racism.

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A Bavarian goodbye for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BBCEuros #Euro2024
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