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Mary McCool

@mccoolwrites

Book worm, metal head & @BBCScotlandNews senior journalist |
'What you lack in cool, you make up for in warmth' - a friend | She/Her | 📩 [email protected]

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Lawyers for Glasgow City Parents Group (GCPG) have threatened to pursue a judicial review if these teacher cuts aren't halted within a week. Group says every child in Glasgow will be negatively impacted, especially those with additional support needs. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Our statement on the Scottish Government’s delayed ban on conversion practices. We urge anyone affected by conversion practices to reach out for support from LGBT Health and Wellbeing ▶️ bit.ly/3Mwm0QC.

Our statement on the Scottish Government’s delayed ban on conversion practices.

We urge anyone affected by conversion practices to reach out for support from <a href="/LGBTHealthy/">LGBT Health and Wellbeing</a> ▶️ bit.ly/3Mwm0QC.
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In what reads as a frightening, painful and pivotal moment in her life, Nichola Rutherford has done what she does best, and written it down. She's class❤️ bbc.com/news/articles/…

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Since 2021, Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has declared the highest value of gifts among MSPs, at £10,117.48, closely followed by Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross' £10,028.72 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Jenny Hastings lived with depression for 20 years - some days it meant she couldn't lift her head from her pillow. Her husband Scott spoke about her death today, only a month after her disappearance. #WorldMentalHealthDay bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Calum MacColl (also known as Calum MacColl) is known for a few things: - charming weather forecasts - signature purple suit - voice of an angel bbc.co.uk/news/videos/ck…

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My colleague Calum Watson has been an unstoppable force of journalism on Scotland's ferry saga. The story looks to be coming to a close - here he lays it out from the beginning, and it reads like a soap opera: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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I have a number of loved ones who are autistic/neurodivergent. Everyday things can be incredibly distressing, it can't be helped. This sort of treatment is profoundly inhumane. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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A man who carried out a series of shootings in the Scottish Highlands has been found guilty of murdering his brother-in-law and attempting to kill his wife and two other people. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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This line really nails a common manipulation tactic that I'm sure a lot of women will recognise. "His humour isn't typically working-class or prone to misinterpretation: from my perspective, its main purpose is to test boundaries..." bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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William says an autism diagnosis helped him understand his world - that's wonderful. But there's a lot we don't know about adult diagnosis in Scotland - the scale of demand for one. And what do people then do with the information when there's no treatment? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Impact of #StormÉowyn in Scotland is already significant - thousands without power, supermarkets closed, travel shut down bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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"People are noticing a difference in the heroin when they making it up, saying they are noticing a green tinge to it." Chris Clements spent two days at the UK's first drug consumption room which has been running for 12 weeks in Glasgow - worth a read: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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This is a great piece of photojournalism by Calum Watson and Morgan Spence. Parts of Port Glasgow (and Inverclyde generally) are quite beautiful still, but the decay - in this case exacerbated by a standoff between landlords and the council - is unreal. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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Brilliant piece of work by Andrea Racekova - most first-time buyers in Scotland are no longer getting government support to buy a house, yet make up the majority of people previously using the OMSE scheme bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…