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After months of reporting on them, here's why I'm leading our AI data centre series
3+ week, 1+ day ago (484+ words) SCOTLAND'S communities are fighting back against plans to build huge data centres on their doorsteps. Since the start of this year, The National has been leading the coverage of these developments. Our coverage has brought attention to developments that otherwise…...
The madness of the Bank of England explained
2+ week, 6+ day ago (1103+ words) UK inflation is rising again. Admittedly, the increase was small, up 0.3% to 2.9% last month. But the key point is that economists were expecting it to fall in July, and it did not. In particular, food prices did not fall, as…...
The current and ex-Westminster politicians taking donations or advising AI companies
2+ week, 4+ day ago (592+ words) ministerial office. The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), an independent watchdog...
Leavin Eden tells the moving hour‑by‑hour story of a farm sale
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1856+ words) This week, I’m giving my column over to the Glasgow Poet Laureate Jim Carruth’s moving short story Leavin Eden. To introduce it, Jim said: "It is a story set on the day of a farm roup. The day is tracked…...
There’s nothing wrong with suggesting some merging of services
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (657+ words) AFTER reading the letter from Dr Iain Evans (Sep 8), I took time to reflect on the Holyrood election this year. I can assure Dr Evans that the victory secured was due in no small part to the leadership of First…...
Work for free or work for war in Andy Burnham's new Britain
1+ week, 4+ day ago (859+ words) JOHN Healey resigned as Keir Starmer’s defence secretary on June 11. Despite the now former prime minister’s promise to plunge a further £15 billion into military spending, Healey was hungry for more. Starmer, he said, had proved “unable” and “unwilling” to adequately…...
From weight loss to sex work, the Fringe shows tackling scrutiny of women’s bodies
3+ week, 9+ hour ago (397+ words) THE objectification of women’s bodies is an issue that has been drawing audiences to several shows during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the São Paulo Showcase 2026, is a show based on Brazilian…...
Meet the viral Lebanese comedian taking on the Fringe in his third language
3+ week, 5+ day ago (660+ words) JOHN Achkar is used to performing in front of thousands of people in the Middle East. At the Edinburgh Fringe, he is starting from scratch. “In Beirut, I play to 2000 people,” the Lebanese comedian tells a sold-out crowd crammed into…...
When Labour lose, those responsible get job of putting things right
2+ week, 6+ day ago (782+ words) ELECTIONS – even leadership elections – are meant to be exciting. A time for debate about differing perspectives resulting in an agreed choice, then compromise, coming together, moving on. Someone should tell the Labour Party in Scotland. I feel somewhat sorry for…...
I’m a media critic. Here’s the top thing I would change about UK news.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (726+ words) WHEN print journalism was king and the internet was a stranger, it was easier to see how newspaper bosses had made decisions about the prominence of stories and whether there had been any changes or corrections made to reports day…...