Laura Webster
@LauraEWebsterr
Editor at The National and Sunday National - *views my own* Got a pitch?✍ Send to [email protected]
So many amazing contributors to this book - it's a must read on where the independence movement has been, where it is, and where it's going. 📚🏴 thenational.scot/news/24581271.…
Perth has the highest proportion of elderly people of anywhere in Scotland As new UK immigration rules come in, there is real concern about how Perth's older residents will be cared for. Really great piece from @James_L_Walker thenational.scot/news/25336494.…
More UK media speaks out on Gaza, but what is really being said? 'You can't help but feel the starvation of Palestinians is being presented in a vacuum, almost like it is something this country can't do anything about' ✍️ Great analysis @BrawnJourno thenational.scot/news/25336196.…
NEW: A US man is setting up a "United States apologies desk" in Aberdeen this week to apologise to the people of Scotland for his country's failings, while his president visits the city. thenational.scot/news/25335642.…
NEW: The Scottish community-owned island of Eigg has announced a boycott of Israel The island of 120 people has backed BDS and its sole shop will stop stocking goods from Israeli firms thenational.scot/news/25335097.…
Tomorrow's front page 📰 Climate Secretary hits back after UK minister claims Scottish water is more polluted than England's
NEW: Broadcasting regulator Ofcom has been called in over Steve Reed's "misleading" Scottish water claim Channel 4 faces questions over why it failed to challenge the minister when he claimed that pollution levels were worse in Scotland thenational.scot/news/25333650.…
NEW: Scottish energy bills will go up this autumn ... to pay for construction of English nuclear power plant Sizewell-C The extra fees are coming because the project costs have spiralled from £20bn to £38bn. The news was snuck out today, before recess. thenational.scot/news/25332901.…
NEW: Scottish Water, the publicly owned utility company providing water in Scotland, has hit back at Labour minister Steve Reed after he claimed water pollution in Scotland is "worse than in England" thenational.scot/news/25332487.…
Watch as King Charles is confronted by members of the public while at an event in Newmarket over the cost of the royal family on UK taxpayers 👇
BREAKING: Scotland’s Climate Secretary has called on a UK minister to retract his 'inaccurate and misleading' comments regarding the quality of water in Scotland Labour’s Steve Reed said that pollution levels in Scotland are 'worse than they are in England'
NEW: Another two arrests under terror legislation in Scotland today The two men had been wearing shirts reading "Genocide in Palestine time to take action" at a March in Edinburgh on Saturday thenational.scot/news/25330014.…
BREAKING: Another two men have been arrested in Scotland under terror legislation for 'showing support for Palestine Action' at a march in Edinburgh, police have said One of the men wore a T-shirt reading: "Genocide in Palestine, time to take action"
NEW: Counter terror police, alongside Police Scotland, are investigating Saturday's national Palestine demo in Edinburgh Activists had been wearing shirts reading "Genocide in Palestine, time to take action" thenational.scot/news/25329185.…
EXCLUSIVE: The Labour Government’s review of controversial post-Brexit legislation that gave UK ministers extended powers over devolved areas has left a 'constitutional vulnerability' at the heart of the legislation, a legal expert has said thenational.scot/news/25325481.…
A fund set up in honour of a young DJ which aims to create a better future for people diagnosed with bone cancer has raised over £15,000 in just two months thenational.scot/news/25327281.…