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James Cook @BBCJamesCook

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

Joined October 2008
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Apr 27
Inquiry to be held into farmer's quad bike death bbc.in/4uwx2JZ

Inquiry to be held into farmer's quad bike death

Charles Thomas Ennion died at Head of Moulin farm in Logiealmond in Perthshire in August 2024

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10 Apr 2025
On Newscast we discuss whether Donald Trump is still interested in Ukraine? with @BBCJamesCook & @John_ForemanCBE bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0l3nm…

Newscast - Is Donald Trump Still Interested in Ukraine? - BBC Sounds

“Coalition of the willing” meet in Brussels to discuss plans for peacekeeping force.

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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@NetworkRailSCOT
28 Jan 2025
🔴 ⚠️ #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@BBCScotWeather
10 Jan 2025
It's the coldest night of the winter so far. Kinbrace in Sutherland has dipped to -17.6C
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Brrrrrrr! 🥶
Calum MacColl@weatherblether
10 Jan 2025
Altnaharra now has plummeted to -15.7C! A classic night where the land radiates away rapidly over deep snow cover. On the way to -20C!
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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
8 Jan 2025
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@NetworkRailSCOT
31 Dec 2024
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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17 Dec 2024
BREAKING: Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election bbc.in/3DlvkWr

Ex-First Minister Humza Yousaf to step down as MSP at next election

The former SNP leader says it will be the "right time" to leave the Scottish Parliament.

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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.
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1 Dec 2024
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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BREAKING Skye man found guilty of murdering brother-in-law in shooting spree bbc.com/news/articles/cy9jd5…

Skye man murdered brother-in-law during shooting spree

Finlay MacDonald, who stabbed his wife then shot three people on and around Skye, was jailed for at least 28 years.

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James Cook retweeted
BBC Scotland News
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16 Nov 2024
Rosebank and Jackdaw fields: Billions at stake in court battle over North Sea oil and gas bbc.in/3AFZ5Aj

Rosebank and Jackdaw fields: Billions at stake in court battle over North Sea oil and gas

Lawyers and campaigners have made their arguments before Lord Ericht in Edinburgh this week.

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Billions at stake in courtroom battle over North Sea oil and gas as climate campaigners challenge the UK government’s consent for the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields bbc.com/news/articles/ce89er… 📷 @JeffJMitch @GettyImages
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The UK government has admitted in court that the Rosebank oil field off Shetland and the Jackdaw gas field in the North Sea were approved unlawfully. bbc.com/news/articles/cly2dx…

Government admits new Rosebank oil field approved unlawfully

Climate campaigners are bringing a legal case they hope will halt drilling at two huge fossil fuel projects.

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Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
10 Nov 2024
NEWSCASTERS! Your Sunday serving... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k3mj… me, @hzeffman and @BBCJamesCook where is the £££££ for defence? UK forces chief says govt must 'match resources and ambition'

Newscast - Is The UK Spending Enough on Defence? - BBC Sounds

And what Trump 2.0 could mean for Ukraine.

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Laura Kuenssberg
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3 Nov 2024
NEWSCASTERS! Triple whammy after a double whammy weekend ! Me, ⁦@BBCJamesCook⁩ and ⁦@BBCSimonJack⁩ on ⁦@RachelReevesMP⁩ Budget and ⁦@KemiBadenoch⁩ bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k20g…

Newscast - Questions for Rachel Reeves and Kemi Badenoch - BBC Sounds

Reaction to Laura’s interviews with the chancellor and new leader of the Conservatives.

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Petroineos has confirmed it plans to close Scotland's only oil refinery, at Grangemouth, by next summer with the loss of 400 jobs over the next two years.
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Scotland's struggle to tackle poverty while cutting services. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1m0…

The challenges in the way of tackling child poverty in Scotland

John Swinney will set out plans to cut child poverty, 24 hours after his finance secretary wielded the axe on many government programmes.

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Power is flowing from the Shetland Isles to the mainland for the first time as the UK's most productive onshore windfarm comes on stream. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w6…

New Shetland windfarm could power nearly 500,000 homes

The islands are the windiest part of the UK, which means it will be rare for the turbines not to be spinning.

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Another fiasco at Scotland’s doomed exams agency as students receive blank results emails. bbc.co.uk/news/live/cmm231g7…

Scotland exam results 2024: SQA chief apologises for blank results emails as pass rate falls

A glitch has been reported as about 145,000 pupils across Scotland receive their exam results today.

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