It wasn’t a life altering event, but one child’s words left a lasting imprint – Bylines Scotland Xmas series by writer and editor Ian Kinsey – 21 December

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Bylines Scotland is running stories written by members of our team about what Christmas means to them – writer Tomasz Orynski

The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals. Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏

Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0

Two Palestine Action activists on hunger strike while in prison have been taken to hospital 🚨

As Christmas approaches, I reflect on my word of the year: pleonexia — an ancient Greek term describing the insatiable desire to take more than your fair share, even when it harms others. In 2025, we saw that everywhere. youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...

Give the sprouts a quick shoogle and leave them on the simmer. Nearly there. #BylinesScotlandCookery

Bylines Scotland is running stories written by members of our team about what Christmas means to them – writer Tomasz Orynski

Better news from Forvie #ScottishBirding www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/S...

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The House of Lords fought hard to dilute parts of Labour’s Employment Rights Bill – but the core reforms survived. From sick pay to fire-and-rehire, the landscape is about to change dramatically. Stephen McNair reports eastangliabylines.co.uk/employment/l...

More than meets the eye: sex, gender and dangerous women

The Government will today unveil its long-awaited Animal Welfare Strategy which sets out a raft of policies to improve the lives of pets and animals on farms and in the wild 👏 www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

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#GVerse SNL completely DESTROYED #Shit4Brains for hiding the Epstein files. This is amazing. Check it out!

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It wasn’t a life altering event, but one child’s words left a lasting imprint – Bylines Scotland Xmas series by writer and editor Ian Kinsey – 21 December

The UK’s toxic new asylum and migrant policy A former child refugee looks at how the new UK asylum and migrant policy would have hindered her family’s integration into UK society | Magdalena Williams @kentandsurreybylines.co.uk

“Minor rampage”

This is not transparency. #EpsteinFiles

Trump targets the BBC from across the Atlantic. Liz Truss is cited as a legal authority. Nigel Farage wins a Commons question slot – and doesn’t show up. Pecksniff’s Diary has the details. eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

“In the UK and similar nations, young adults grapple with skyrocketing housing costs – average home prices now exceed £300,000 – coupled with stagnant wages and gig-economy instability.”

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KIMMEL: “Maybe we’ll get lucky and in a few years he’ll leave us for a younger, hotter country.” @jimmykimmel.com

Police seize almost £14m in drugs across Scotland ahead of Christmas

Bylines Scotland is running stories written by members of our team about what Christmas means to them – writer and Editor-in-Chief Patricia Dos Santos Paton

Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit? – Byline Times

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"I'm dreaming of a very White Christmas..."

“The Scottish Government and councils need to work together to provide the necessary resourcing to address the needs of those children and young people with ASN, who represent some of the most vulnerable individuals in our society." #ASN #MentalHealth #Education #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

"My big worry is that the turnout is going to continue to decrease..." #Alba #Holyrood2026 #Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists. You laugh and then you weep. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“In the UK and similar nations, young adults grapple with skyrocketing housing costs – average home prices now exceed £300,000 – coupled with stagnant wages and gig-economy instability.”

Just read more antivaxxer garbage about replacing vaccines with healthy food and exercise to boost immune systems while more babies die of measles. Vaccinating widely is how we protect Littles too young for vaccines - no exercise will protect them. WTF with these people #vaccinessavelives

Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It – Byline Times

Trump takes legal aim at the BBC. MI6 warns of war. Reform MPs don’t bother turning up for a debate on VAWG. Read this – and much more – in Pecksniff’s Diary. eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

Private Eye reveals Teesside Airport boss Phil Forster’s ties to a Miami firm eyeing land beside a debt-hit airport | Ray Casey

Why the current attempts to pretend Kemi Badenoch's leadership of the Conservative Party has been anything other than an unmitigated disaster simply won't wash www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/kemi-baden...

Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit? – Byline Times