UK net migration falls 69% in a year to 204,000, ONS finds www.thetimes.com/article/bee5...

Trump’s negotiator with Russia is too thick for his job. Polite version here >>>>> Steve Witkoff’s been played by Putin. He has to go www.thetimes.com/article/81aa...

Former pupil says Farage’s racist abuse was ‘persistent’, not ‘banter’ www.thetimes.com/article/94cb...

Italian man ‘dressed as dead mother to steal pension’ www.thetimes.com/article/8fc0...

Footballing nun turns traffic warden in viral video www.thetimes.com/article/a87a...

Far-right misinformation - tolerated, encouraged or even monetised by some social media outlets - has now arrived at Scottish school gates. www.thetimes.com/article/bf7c...

Transparency tool reveals how Iran used social media to back SNP www.thetimes.com/article/54b0...

Mothers trying to learn English face demonstration outside school www.thetimes.com/article/bf7c...

England copies Scotland’s ‘life skills’ school curriculum www.thetimes.com/article/d4e0...

This story - which is essentially about a stupid vandalism - has stunning photographs and one of the best quotes I’ve seen in a while >>>>Tourists pull down castle wall to avoid ‘getting wet tooties’ www.thetimes.com/article/f1ce...

Far-right mob plans protest over migrants’ English class at primary school www.thetimes.com/article/badd...

Robert Louis Stevenson’s romantic tale finally published www.thetimes.com/article/b8a4...

Memoirs of Hitler’s pianist tell of escape to Scotland from Dachau www.thetimes.com/article/b5a1...

A small act of kindness by Archie Gemmill, impressed Italian in-laws and the hunt for tickets. Another punt for my @heraldscotland.bsky.social piece on following Scotland at the World Cup finals which appeared in the print edition today.

Meet the man trying to clean up Scotland’s scandal-hit heritage quango www.thetimes.com/article/793b...

Ex-head ‘must account’ for years of abuse at Edinburgh Academy prep www.thetimes.com/article/d7a1...

A very good catch by The Guardian on Russianisms that make the “peace deal” sound like it escaped from a Russian grammar workbook and got run over by Google Translate on the way out. I’d add “NATO expansion” - their trademark phrase, not “NATO enlargement.” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

This is the kind of survey result that keeps political scientists awake at night, says Fraser McMillan of the Scottish election Study. www.thetimes.com/article/b8bf...

Revealed: what Swinney was warned against raising with Trump www.thetimes.com/article/3367...

Birmingham City’s £1.2bn plan for 62k-seat stadium — visible 40 miles away www.thetimes.com/article/1bb5...

Kieran Tierney and Scotland strike late to reach first World Cup in 28 years www.thetimes.com/article/1b67...

I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered. He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here : www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...

‘Quiet, piggy’, Trump tells reporter who asked about Epstein files www.thetimes.com/article/dc56...

University leaders to be warned on Chinese security threat >>>>>>MI5 issues alert to parliament over Chinese espionage www.thetimes.com/article/fe4d...

China offers rewards to couples who marry to boost birth rates www.thetimes.com/article/6c4a...

Italy cracks down on influencers in response to Christmas cake scandal www.thetimes.com/article/66b2...

What the fall of Pokrovsk tells us about the Russia-Ukraine war www.thetimes.com/article/1e10...

Inside Scotland’s China campuses: military drills and propaganda www.thetimes.com/article/bb8d...

What I’ve learned from 16 years on social media. People are willing to believe - and spread - outrageously & obviously stupid things to signal their membership of an online gang.

Psst. Scotland is now facing water conflicts like those we see in drier countries. We now no longer always have enough of the wet stuff for hydro power, whisky and fishing. Something’s gotta give. www.thetimes.com/article/9055...

The Democrats have released another tranche of emails related to the president’s dealings with the late paedophile financier

David Hume ‘ignored evidence that countered his racist views’ www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...

Britain’s spy agencies and military have stopped sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean, The Times understands

Fascinating piece leading on a veteran saying soldiers of World War One and Two doubt for “England to be England”. Not then, respectfully, for Belgium to be Belgium and Poland to be Poland? www.thetimes.com/article/83ea...

Journalists! Trump’s attacks on the BBC remind us that our trade has adversaries who will weaponise our mistakes - and our corrections and complaints processes - while never being held accountable for their own lying.

The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think. New piece from me. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...

Psst. Scotland is now facing water conflicts like those we see in drier countries. We now no longer always have enough of the wet stuff for hydro power, whisky and fishing. Something’s gotta give. www.thetimes.com/article/9055...

The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time. www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...

50 years after Franco’s death, is Spain’s democracy in danger? www.thetimes.com/article/7a54...

The David Hume Institute has investigated the the legacy of the philosopher who gave it its name. The results are well worth your time. www.thetimes.com/article/c4b0...

University lecturer in men’s group row hits out at female critics www.thetimes.com/article/1776...

Moira Salmond may be forced to sell family home to pay off debts www.thetimes.com/article/786d...

I’m really struck that even the political foes of Donald Trump remain wedded to the idea that an American president is the more powerful person in the world.

Dick Cheney obituary: powerful and controversial US vice-president www.thetimes.com/article/985e...

Rodion Shchedrin obituary: doyen of Russian composers www.thetimes.com/article/2296...

Alex Salmond’s firm was paid £30k a week for Kremlin-backed TV show www.thetimes.com/article/e355...

China ‘pressured’ UK university into ditching forced labour report www.thetimes.com/article/5640...

Giant frilly-mouthed jellyfish surge around British coastline www.thetimes.com/article/d212...

Huntingdon train stabbing: ‘Hero’ worker protected passengers from attack www.thetimes.com/article/37c8...

The book-burning fascists who proudly preach hate on UK streets www.thetimes.com/article/7658...