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James Cook

@BBCJamesCook

Scotland Editor for @BBCNews. Formerly North America Correspondent in Los Angeles and Chief News Correspondent for @BBCScotNine.

Scotland เข้าร่วม Ekim 2008
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@jmsgwd Thank you. Would you like a credit and if so what name?
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Big fire in Glasgow City Centre, near Wilson Street
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@ptaylo @BBCNews Thanks very much Phil. Hope you and the family are well. James
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@PJTheEconomist At the very least someone could have told her how to pronounce Kirkcaldy.
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Should the chancellor really be talking about Southport pier and Kirkcaldy high street? These are not decisions that HM Treasury should be involved in. Absurd over centralisation. (At least rhetorically).
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@ginandfred @BBCPolitics @BBCNews You can’t have heard them because I didn’t say them and I’ve sent you a link to the report to prove it. I know we’re supposedly living in the post-truth era but even so, c’mon! Can’t you just say: “Oops. Sorry about that. My mistake.”
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@ginandfred @BBCPolitics @BBCNews I’m saying you may have misheard or misremembered. I said, over pictures of a woman stitching a fishing net, the deal had been “stitched together” a perfectly reasonable phrase without the negative connotations of “stitch up”. Maybe that was it? youtu.be/iMLlUWPMoog
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FACTS — 10,481 recorded drugs deaths in Scotland in 10 years. Details of the “trend” (up, up, up, up, up, up, up, fractionally down, down, up) are included in my piece. (He blocked me hence screenshot).
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Network Rail Scotland
Network Rail Scotland@NetworkRailSCOT·
🔴 ⚠️ #StormÉowyn. The Ayr-Stranraer line won't reopen today, as we continue to deal with many fallen trees, with 30 down at one location alone. Also working with Scottish Power to deal with fallen power cables over the railway near Ayr. @networkrail @transcotland @ScotRail
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BBC Scotland Weather
BBC Scotland Weather@BBCScotWeather·
It's the coldest night of the winter so far. Kinbrace in Sutherland has dipped to -17.6C
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@FGrampia It was a joke about bureaucracy. No offence meant to the lynx. Have a good evening.
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James Cook@BBCJamesCook·
Police warn that two lynx are on the loose in the Highlands. Although I can’t imagine calling 101 and patiently quoting incident number 2179/08/01/25 if a big cat were on my tail!
Police Scotland South Highlands@PSOSSouthHigh

Two lynx have been spotted in the Drumguish area near to Kingussie. Specially trained staff from Highland Wildlife Park are assisting officers to trace them. Do not approach the lynx or attend the area, but instead call police via 101. Quote inc no 2179/08/01/25 when calling.

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Network Rail Scotland
Network Rail Scotland@NetworkRailSCOT·
@ScotRail We’re dealing with 15 flooding incidents on the Far North Line. We’re also dealing with a landslip near Brora. Teams working hard to respond, but hampered by poor driving conditions, and the A9 closure near Invergordon. @ScotRail @DRSgovUK @transcotland 📸: Flooding at Dunrobin
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BBC Scotland News
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BREAKING: Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election bbc.in/3DlvkWr
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I was with the press pool in the cathedral. I talked to the journalists next to me about texts from colleagues outside re jeering. It is not true to say “we had ALL mistaken inside for outside” At no point did I hear any jeering inside nor did I hear anyone suggest there was any.
Wings Over Scotland@WingsScotland

Kudos for the admission. But how did this "false information" come to be "going around the press pool within the cathedral"? If they were in the cathedral, they must have known it was false, because none of them heard it (because it didn't happen).

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BBC Scotland News
BBC Scotland News@BBCScotlandNews·
Rosebank and Jackdaw fields: Billions at stake in court battle over North Sea oil and gas bbc.in/3AFZ5Aj
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