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I’m a media critic. Here’s the top thing I would change about UK news.
3+ week, 6+ day ago (726+ words) WHEN print journalism was king and the internet was a stranger, it was easier to see how newspaper bosses had made decisions about the prominence of stories and whether there had been any changes or corrections made to reports day…...
A reporter’s reflections on 9/11 and the “war on terror”
12+ hour, 49+ min ago (1798+ words) Twenty-five years ago, the collective shock of the terrorist attacks on the US was upon us. Foreign Editor David Pratt’s essay recounts what it was like to report on their aftermath and how those events shaped our world IT would…...
Roz Foyer: What’s in the AI data centre explosion for working people?
1+ week, 6+ day ago (845+ words) WHAT’S the point of growth if working people don’t share in it? We are asking that question about artificial intelligence and the hyperscale data centres increasingly being proposed across Scotland. AI is here to stay whether we like it or…...
How to watch John Swinney's Programme for Government
1+ week, 5+ day ago (183+ words) FIRST Minister John Swinney will set out his legislative agenda for the next 12 months in the Scottish Parliament. The Programme for Government is when the First Minister sets out what bills he hopes to bring to Holyrood over the next…...
After months of reporting on them, here's why I'm leading our AI data centre series
3+ week, 1+ day ago (484+ words) SCOTLAND'S communities are fighting back against plans to build huge data centres on their doorsteps. Since the start of this year, The National has been leading the coverage of these developments. Our coverage has brought attention to developments that otherwise…...
It’s now ‘hell on earth’ for the women of Afghanistan
4+ week, 12+ hour ago (1710+ words) hand. Now five years on, Afghanistan has become home to one of the world’s worst human rights and humanitarian...
From weight loss to sex work, the Fringe shows tackling scrutiny of women’s bodies
3+ week, 12+ hour ago (397+ words) THE objectification of women’s bodies is an issue that has been drawing audiences to several shows during this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Brought to the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the São Paulo Showcase 2026, is a show based on Brazilian…...
Lisa Nandy to meet TikTok amid ‘epidemic’ of dangerous behaviour on social media
1+ week, 3+ day ago (577+ words) Lisa Nandy has said she will meet TikTok “in the coming days” as she told MPs there is more to do to address an “epidemic” of young people using social media to encourage dangerous behaviour. It comes after two police…...
How Andy Burnham's first PMQs was a perfect parody of modern politics
1+ week, 3+ day ago (581+ words) watching PMQs today. Burham is undoubtedly more at home in the Commons than his predecessor, Keir Starmer,...
Our documentary shows what it was really like at Reform UK conference
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (194+ words) LAST weekend, The National went right into the belly of the beast to make a documentary about Reform UK’s party conference. We wanted to give you a chance to meet Nigel Farage’s army of true believers and find out what…...