Mark McLaughlin

Edinburgh

Political Correspondent at Freelance

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I spent thousands trying to identify the source of my pain - it turned out to be my Fender Telecaster

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Mark McLaughlin

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty ImagesIt began as a sharp abdominal pain that I dismissed as heartburn. Almost a decade later I received the shock diagnosis that I had “Telecaster Rib” – a little-known condition that’s whispered about on guitar forums but barely acknowledged by Fender.
“It began as a sharp abdominal pain. A decade later I received the shock diagnosis - I had ‘Telecaster Rib’”: I spent thousands trying to identify the source of my pain - it turned out to be my Fender Telecaster | Flipboard

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Mark McLaughlin

1 day agoWB raised eyebrows this week with a new report from Deadline that Paapa Essiedu is signing his contract to play Severus Snape in the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series. First, he’s way too handsome. Second, the race of the character is being changed, which in and of itself may not seem important, but …
Shocking number of work-shy Scots claiming benefits revealed as shameful stat hits 20-year high

2 months ago | thescottishsun.co.uk | Mark McLaughlin

RECORD numbers of jobless Scots say they don’t even want to work, official figures reveal. A staggering 810,400 people here are now classed as “economically inactive” - amounting to 22.9 per cent of the working-age population, compared to 21.6 per cent rate for the UK as a whole. Of these, 677,200 people - or 83.6 per cent - don’t want to work, according to estimates from the Office for National Statistics labour force survey.
Council tax in Scotland could rise by a quarter despite £1bn boost

Dec 8, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mark McLaughlin

Scots are facing council tax rises of up to 25 per cent next year, it has emerged, as one leading SNP councillor claimed local authorities had been short-changed by Scottish ministers. One in five councils are considering double-digit increases, while a consultation exercise by Stirling council asked taxpayers what they considered to be a reasonable increase, ranging from “less than 10 per cent” to “more than 25 per cent”.
The Glasgow lawyer taking on US porn barons

Dec 7, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mark McLaughlin

When Mary Sharpe invited an obscure US academic to Glasgow to talk about porn addiction she never imagined it would launch her into a global culture war that is about to land in the US Supreme Court. Sharpe, a former European Commission consumer law adviser, was on the board of TEDxGlasgow — part of the hugely influential global TED Talks conference platform — for its 2012 series.
Gender identity, not birth sex, listed on Scottish death records

Nov 23, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mark McLaughlin

Men can die of cervical cancer and women from testicular tumours according to official Scottish records, which have been branded “clearly inconsistent” by a government adviser. National Records of Scotland (NRS) has revealed it records identified gender, rather than birth sex, in the official register of deaths even if people die from sex-specific conditions such as diseases of the reproductive organs.
Voters in Scotland ‘not as angry’ as the English

Nov 22, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mark McLaughlin

Voters in Scotland are far more relaxed about politics than their English counterparts, who remain deeply angry about affairs of state, analysis suggests. Surveys conducted in the wake of the July general election found that 60 per cent of voters in England were cross about the state of British politics. Just 20 per cent of voters in Scotland expressed anger at the political system, amid evidence they are less nostalgic and more optimistic about the future than those in England.
Assaults on drivers surge since under-22s given free bus travel

Nov 13, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mark McLaughlin

Abuse and assaults on bus drivers have surged since free bus travel for under-22s was introduced, a survey has found. The Unite union has called for greater legal protection for drivers as it emerged that 84 per cent have experienced escalating abuse in the past 12 months. One in six drivers have been physically assaulted.
Unconscious bias training ‘could invite pupils to spy on teachers’

Nov 7, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mark McLaughlin

Teachers face training to weed out bias against ethnic minorities, disabled pupils and boys under SNP plans to replace exams with classroom assessments, hidden documents reveal. The Scottish government is also under pressure to train children about biased marking so they can confront their teachers, and to use artificial intelligence to second-guess educators’ judgment.
Islanders urge Tesco to reconsider Sunday shopping

Nov 5, 2024 | thetimes.com | Mike Merrit |Mark McLaughlin |Carla Jenkins

Tesco’s decision to defy Christian fundamentalists and open its Isle of Lewis branch on Sundays is tearing the community apart, church representatives have said. Stornoway community council has launched a last-ditch effort to persuade the supermarket giant to reconsider trading on the Sabbath and “restore harmony to our community”. It warned that “intemperate” language on both sides of the debate had “divided the community”.

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