David McCann

Belfast-native editor of The Times and Sunday Times, Scotland. [email protected]

[Kieran Andrews @KieranPAndrews]

No one puts it quite like @MGrantScotland

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🔺 EXCLUSIVE: Alex Salmond, the former Scottish first minister, died virtually penniless after defending his reputation in two court cases, it can be revealed https://t.co/V2VtYJ7zhG

[David McCann @DavidJ_McCann]

SNP minister ‘grabbed ex-Tory leader’ in seagulls row

https://t.co/50wmYEi6CQ

[Dan Sanderson @DSanderson_85]

A deep dive into the landmark legal battle dividing Britain:

💰 NHS to pay trans doctor Beth Upton's legal costs
👩‍⚖️Supreme Court boosts nurse Sandie Peggie's case
🔟Tribunal followed at Westminster, including Downing St
👩‍⚕️'Botched' disciplinary against Peggie proceeding

Link ⬇️

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NEW: Scottish NHS app failure shows how patients’ personal agency is an afterthought.

My column in The Times.

https://t.co/5LC6DPgWPz

[Dan Sanderson @DSanderson_85]

Tony Blair enlisted by Scottish Labour to help party seize power from the SNP.

Former PM’s policy institute is drawing up health policies for Anas Sarwar designed to solve crisis in Scottish NHS.

https://t.co/4zDNId8oS8

[Magnus Llewellin @magnusllewellin]

The night I asked my teenage son ‘Did you shoot that waiter?’

https://t.co/ARzMoXHWZc

[David McCann @DavidJ_McCann]

EXC John Swinney: My wife’s MS meant I almost didn’t lead the SNP

https://t.co/p6GVTMIzaR

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EXC Scottish schools must provide single-sex lavatories for pupils after parents won a legal fight against a council which insisted on installing only gender-neutral facilities

https://t.co/EOJ7BOqVn7

[Magnus Llewellin @magnusllewellin]

🔺 The US consulate in Edinburgh is to close after falling victim to spending cuts inspired by Elon Musk.
https://t.co/JIpz2UPxeV

[Lizzie Roberts @lizrob92]

We're hiring! @timesscotland is looking for a news editor to join our team in Glasgow

If you have:
- precise commissioning and copy-editing skills
- expertise and passion for Scottish news
- strong grasp of digital storytelling

Apply before April 30👇
https://t.co/4F0YSzVgTe

[David McCann @DavidJ_McCann]

We're hiring!

News Editor Scotland:
Careers Site: https://t.co/CJFCzZ8VmJ
LinkedIn: https://t.co/CGiezaW3Fs

[Magnus Llewellin @magnusllewellin]

Here’s the front page of Friday’s ⁦@timesscotland⁩

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EXCLUSIVE from @Fhamiltontimes

Police sent six uniformed officers to arrest two parents who complained about their school on a WhatsApp group

Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine were put in a cell for eight hours by Hertfordshire police after sending emails to their primary school and making criticisms of the leadership on WhatsApp

They were questioned on suspicion of harassment and malicious communications

https://t.co/VDfjPKp0nW

[David McCann @DavidJ_McCann]

Edwyn Collins's new album is partly a lament to his life before suffering a cerebral haemorrhage. Lyrics in 'Knowledge' offer the moving refrain "So hard to let my old self go". Read his moving interview for free on https://t.co/otDXitnmxe today

https://t.co/DFDObCejQc

[Magnus Llewellin @magnusllewellin]

Who is the real Nicola Sturgeon? We may never know, writes Magnus Linklater

https://t.co/6T35FWEs5b

[Magnus Llewellin @magnusllewellin]

🔺EXCLUSIVE: A ‘national embarrassment’ — what went wrong with Scotland’s NHS app

https://t.co/EJOJu5ozA5

[Magnus Llewellin @magnusllewellin]

🔺EXCLUSIVE: Poll reveals Scottish Labour is heading for its worst Holyrood election result since devolution.

https://t.co/23G21gIAS0

[David McCann @DavidJ_McCann]

Exclusive: How one Tory MSP’s ‘AI’ questions cost taxpayers £100,000 — in a month

https://t.co/n0sK8cesBE