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Business and Economy Editor, BBC Scotland. Your comments may be used for quality and training purposes.
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Joined April 2010
More money needed, from government or better off students or graduates - pols have to choose: @EdinburghUni principal says it’s not enough to be against tuition fees, warning other universities could face the same battle for survival as Dundee: https://t.co/AeugWSmu7t
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Sir Peter Mathieson says ministers must act over the future funding model for Scotland's universities.
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Where Lobsters Dare: what is Russia up to on the seabed, why, and how to detect and deter it? on @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds
#implausibledeniability
https://t.co/UmMmO5826H
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Douglas Fraser investigates the struggle to defend critical subsea infrastructure.
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As Sir Keir Starmer boosts UK defence spending, how far is Britain from battle-readiness? What’s needed? How to procure it? More collabs with EU allies? What to learn from Ukraine and Russia? I made ‘Re-arming the UK’, for @BBCRadio4, now on @BBCSounds
https://t.co/ysyygIYof4
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Douglas Fraser asks what it will take to get the UK defence sector on a war footing.
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.@ScottHastings13, talking about Jenny, at 1’11’35: https://t.co/L10U1ZGQ15
https://t.co/YrSOhtiJsL A hard listen, about a hard, hard road. Take good care of yourself. #mentalhealthday2024
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ScotWind windfall blows away: https://t.co/8QJn9W21WF
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ScotWind is a vital part of balancing the government's budget at a time when just transition plans loom.
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As it announces plans for 100 more convenience stores, have we reached #peakwaitrose: “…with Finchley Road housing a dedicated parmesan section and a second dry aged beef cabinet”.
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And it’s not just the spelling that’s getting to them…
😳'By far the worst thing I ever did': Survey reveals teachers' dispair
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She was doing so well until she got to my name. Also, it would be illegal to accept a donation from me. But apart from all that…
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This is quite the headline, from Development Finance Today 🤔
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Prestwick jobs in doubt at one of Scotland’s most advanced factories: £6.5bn Boeing deal to take over Spirit Aerosystems leaves its non-Boeing work in limbo: https://t.co/xyF3xXAji9
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There is uncertainty for the non-Airbus parts of the Belfast business.
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Does immigration matter to the election in Scotland?
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It is one of the hottest political topics around the world but does immigration matter to Scottish voters?
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Immigration: it looks different from a Scottish perspective. But how different? https://t.co/7VlMWKTnAS
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It is one of the hottest political topics around the world but does immigration matter to Scottish voters?
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If Labour’s plans for state investment in renewable power look familiar, it’s because they are. But can GB Energy make much difference to investment already taking place? https://t.co/m9RTwSaAle
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It is one of Labour's big election promises but what would a publicly-owned power company mean for Scotland?
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Inflation is now on target: is the cost of living crisis now over? No. (Warning: this article may contain strawberries) https://t.co/jQK4wMVuCG
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The government is happy to trumpet falling inflation but that does not mean prices are falling.
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Scots job prospects as plans lodged for a factory making huge turbine blades: https://t.co/ZwuGvFwJfI
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Vestas is seeking planning permission for the site in what could be a breakthrough for jobs in renewables.
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If they’d had a second hour, they might have broken into some cool steel pan grooves.
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“… and I say this to the nay-sayers and doom-mongers…”
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Historical significance. Catch the #DiorCruise 2025 show, live from Scotland here at 8pm BST today! In these final moments, Maria Grazia Chiuri tours Drummond Castle and its gardens, the scene of this evening's show. Tap the card to watch it. © Drummond Castle
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