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I am an experienced multimedia journalist with a strong track record of producing well-researched, compelling stories across a wide range of subjects. I’m naturally curious and highly adaptable, equally comfortable diving into complex new topics or navigating fast-moving news cycles.

My reporting spans national and international politics, high-stakes socio-political debates, and the Scottish and global video game and esports sectors.
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Former footballer who suffered brain injury in crash leads fundraiser for community hub

A man whose promising football career was cut short by a brain injury is fronting a campaign for an £8m Perth facility to help people like him.At the age of 21, Ross Edwards was a promising young footballer with his whole career ahead of him.But on the way home from a match in 1980, a devastating car crash left him with permanent brain damage.Ross, now 65, lives at the Upper Springland facility in Perth, a specialist centre that allows its 60 residents to live as independently as they can.“After...
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Boom or Bust: Could this new Scottish video game be the next Grand Theft Auto?

A Scottish video game hailed by some as the next Grand Theft Auto is set for a release on Tuesday, but the build-up to its launch has been marred by controversy and lack of clarity.MindsEye is an ambitious big-budget single-player title developed by Edinburgh-based Build A Rocket Boy studio.Headed by a former GTA producer, Leslie Benzies, the studio’s upcoming maiden title has created a buzz on both the local and international gaming scenes, in no small part due to the scope of ambition they hav...
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'Life-saving' recovery group facing closure due to loss of funding

A support group in Dundee that helps people with drug, alcohol and mental health issues is facing closure due to lack of funding.The charity CrossReach has run services in the city for 20 years, but funding from the local alcohol and drug partnership ends in six weeks, leaving the future of the lifeline service in doubt.Kimberley is one of the many people who arrived at the charity’s door seeking support.“I was in quite a dark place – I lost my house; I lost everything,” she told STV News.But te...
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Scots gamer first woman to qualify for elite Call of Duty tournament

A Scottish gamer has made history by becoming the first woman to qualify for an elite Call of Duty gaming tournament.

Kelsie Grieg from Aberdeen switched from a promising football career to the world of esports and quickly climbed to the top.

Earlier this year, she qualified for the Call of Duty Challengers Elite tournament, which is just a level below the multi-million dollar Call of Duty Pro League.

The 22-year-old is the first woman to achieve the feat and she hopes more will follow in her
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Scots ‘sea shanty man’ makes appearance in space video game Starfield

A Scottish singer who went viral with sea shanties has opened up about his ‘space’ cameo in the latest Bethesda’s video game and his upcoming music.Nathan Evans became a viral sensation on TikTok in the midst of the global Covid pandemic back in 2020.The reason? The classic sailor songs, or sea shanties, that have since earned him millions of views on the platform.His versions of classics such as Leave Her Johnny, the Scotsman or the Wellerman have skyrocketed Nathan to fame, with the latter hav...
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Meet Scots actress behind one of Baldur's Gate 3's favourite characters

A Scottish actress behind a fan favourite character in the latest Baldur’s Gate video game has opened up about her experience working on the game. Tracy Wiles has worked on a range of big gaming titles, including Diablo IV and Divinity: Original Sin II, but her involvement in the latest title from Larian Studios was her biggest role in the industry yet.Baldur’s Gate 3 (BG3) is the long-awaited sequel to the previous two titles in the series that were developed by BioWare, often considered one of...
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Schoolboy walking around town harbour to raise money for RNLI

A seven-year-old lifeboat fan has been raising hundreds of pounds for his local RNLI station in a series of sponsored walks.Nathan McIntosh, who lives in Arbroath, is desperate to join the RNLI lifeboat crew when he’s older, after growing up watching both his mum and dad volunteer there.Throughout this month, he is walking miles around the town’s harbour and has already raised more than £390.“I’m raising money for getting new suits for the lifeboat,” explains Nathan.“They go to so many different...
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Protest as hundreds to be rehomed due to crumbling concrete crisis

Residents affected by the RAAC crisis in Aberdeen protested outside the city’s council headquarters on Wednesday, ahead of a full council meeting.The housing minister admitted on Tuesday that it’s likely to be another six months before there is any government funding solution for the 500 affected properties in the Balnagask area of Torry.Paul McLennan has been giving evidence in the Scottish Parliament and said the city council is going through an “appraisal process” to determine the best way fo...
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Meet the creators behind the best big-budget Scottish game of the year

The co-head of games at a Bafta award-winning studio has opened up on their latest game, adapting Agatha Christie’s work into video games and the creativity that makes the industry in Scotland so special.Blazing Griffin received the best big-budget game award for their latest release, ‘The Agatha Christie – Hercule Poirot: The London Case’ at the Scottish Games Awards at Glasgow’s Platform in October.It was part of the second edition of Scottish Games Week, an event that aims for the whole Scott...
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Victim of disgraced surgeon agrees to meet Humza Yousaf after heckling

A victim of a disgraced surgeon who interrupted the First Minister’s speech at the SNP’s independence convention said she will take up his offer of a meeting.

Theresa Mallett called for a public inquiry into NHS Tayside’s former head of neurosurgery Professor Sam Eljamel as she heckled Humza Yousaf at the Caird Hall on Saturday.

The 61-year-old from Glenrothes is one of more than 100 victims of the disgraced surgeon.

She was initially booed for her interruption by SNP delegates before Yousaf