Danyel VanReenen

Danyel VanReenen

Politics Reporter

Candidates announced for Edinburgh Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart by-election
Edinburgh & East

Candidates announced for upcoming Edinburgh council by-election

Car left on roof in Glasgow city centre after two-car collision at Bath Street and Pitt Street junction
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Glasgow & West

Car left on roof after two-car collision at city centre junction

Two people charged for hunting with dogs in Renfrewshire after police investigation
Glasgow & West

Two people charged for hunting with dogs after police investigation

Swinney and Starmer discuss Grangemouth, migration, and economy at meeting
Scotland

Swinney and Starmer discuss Grangemouth, migration, and economy at meeting

Scottish councils getting less money for housing despite emergency
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Scottish councils getting less money for housing despite emergency

Swinney and Starmer to discuss trade deals and winter fuel payments at meeting
Glasgow & West

Swinney and Starmer to discuss trade deals and winter fuel payments 

First Minister John Swinney accused of being ‘weak’ on knife crime amid spate of youth violence
Scotland

Swinney accused of being 'weak' on knife crime amid spate of youth violence

Reform accused of ‘blatant racism’ in Sarwar attack ad
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Reform accused of 'blatant racism' in Sarwar attack ad

John Swinney to face questions amid financial warnings and youth knife crimes
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John Swinney to face questions amid financial warnings and youth knife crimes

Keir Starmer’s winter fuel payment U-turn is empty, says Forbes
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Scotland

Keir Starmer's winter fuel payment U-turn is empty, says Forbes

Calls for non-fatal strangulation offence to ‘give survivors justice they deserve’
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'Non-fatal strangulation offence will give survivors justice they deserve'

Public urged to avoid area as police close Devil’s Pulpit car park 
Glasgow & West

Public urged to avoid area as police close Devil's Pulpit car park 

Climate watchdog warns Scotland needs to take ‘immediate action’
Scotland

Climate watchdog warns Scotland needs to take 'immediate action'

Prime Minister announces U-turn on winter fuel payments
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Prime Minister announces U-turn on winter fuel payments

Edinburgh University staff back strike action over £140m cuts and threat to jobs
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Edinburgh & East

Edinburgh University staff back strike action over £140m cuts

Keir Starmer to face questions about rumoured winter fuel payment U-turn
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Keir Starmer to face questions about rumoured winter fuel payment U-turn

Scottish Government borrowing limits raised to nearly £5bn
Scotland

Scottish Government borrowing limits raised to nearly £5bn

What does the UK-EU deal mean for people in Scotland?
Scotland

What does the UK-EU deal mean for people in Scotland?

Controversial Flamingo Land plans will not be recalled by Scottish ministers
Politics

Controversial Flamingo Land plans will not be recalled by Scottish ministers

Former prostitute: ‘I was thrown to the kerb and sold like a piece of meat’
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Former prostitute: 'I was thrown to the kerb and sold like a piece of meat'

Loch Doon ospreys Angel and Frankie become proud parents again as two chicks hatch
Glasgow & West

Ospreys become proud parents again as chicks hatch at Loch Doon nest

Scotland can have ‘best of both worlds’ with devolution, new report says
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Scotland can have 'best of both worlds' with devolution, new report says

Plans to build Flamingo Land resort on banks of Loch Lomond divide local residents in Balloch
Glasgow & West

Plans for Flamingo Land resort at Loch Lomond continue to divide locals

Keir Starmer’s EU deal ‘absolutely terrible’ for Scottish fishing industry
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Keir Starmer's EU deal 'absolutely terrible' for Scottish fishing industry

Prime Minister Keir Starmer strikes UK-EU post-Brexit reset deal 
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Keir Starmer strikes UK-EU post-Brexit reset deal 

Nicola Sturgeon hits campaign trail in Hamilton by-election this weekend
Scotland

Nicola Sturgeon hits campaign trail in Hamilton by-election this weekend

Aberdeen University workers announce ballot over job cuts
Scotland

Aberdeen University workers announce ballot over job cuts

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant announces decision to stand down to ‘make way for others’
Scotland

Labour MSP Rhoda Grant announces decision to stand down to 'make way for others'

Loch Lomond Flamingo Land receives approval from Scottish Government
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Glasgow & West

Flamingo Land resort receives approval from Scottish Government

More than 50 jobs lost as Lanarkshire renewable energy firm collapses
Scotland

More than 50 jobs lost as renewable energy firm collapses

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Second teen charged with murder over fatal ‘stabbing’ on Irvine beach in North Ayrshire
Glasgow & West

Second teen charged with murder over fatal 'stabbing' on beach

More than 40 people arrested amid ongoing gang war violence in Edinburgh and Lanarkshire
Scotland

More than 40 people arrested amid ongoing 'gang war' violence

Helicopter and drones join search for missing teenager Cole Cooper three weeks after disappearance
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Edinburgh & East

Helicopter and drones join search for missing teen three weeks on

Armed police called to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after man enters building with crossbow
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Glasgow & West

Armed police called to hospital after man enters building with crossbow

Are we doing enough to prevent cyber attacks after Marks and Spencer, Co-op and West Lothian Council hit?
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Scotland

Are we doing enough to prevent cyber attacks?

Car left on roof in Glasgow city centre after two-car collision at Bath Street and Pitt Street junction
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Glasgow & West

Car left on roof after two-car collision at city centre junction

Olly Murs ‘so sorry’ after cancelling Glasgow show 20 minutes into set
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Glasgow & West

Fans to receive refunds after Olly Murs walks out Glasgow show 20 minutes into set

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Critically endangered cotton-top tamarins born at Edinburgh Zoo 
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Edinburgh & East

Critically endangered cotton-top tamarins born at Edinburgh Zoo 

Student in race to save eyesight as family make fundraising plea for new drug from US
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Edinburgh & East

'I face going fully blind without new drug - I'm scared I won't see another sunset'

Meet the caber-tossing, hammer throwing female athletes of the Highland Games
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Highlands & Islands

Meet the caber-tossing, hammer-throwing female athletes of the Highland Games

Prime Minister announces U-turn on winter fuel payments
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Prime Minister announces U-turn on winter fuel payments

Scotland’s curling world champions aiming for Olympic Gold in 2026
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Scotland's curling world champions aiming for Olympic Gold in 2026

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Swinney and Starmer discuss Grangemouth, migration, and economy at meeting
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Swinney and Starmer discuss Grangemouth, migration, and economy at meeting

Donald Trump: UK should ditch ‘unsightly windmills’ and drill for North Sea oil
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Donald Trump: UK should ditch ‘unsightly windmills’ and drill for North Sea oil

Scottish councils getting less money for housing despite emergency
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Scottish councils getting less money for housing despite emergency

Drivers urged to beware of deer on roads as young begin to ‘spread out’
Scotland

Drivers urged to beware of deer on roads as young begin to 'spread out'

Lynx likely to predate on sheep and lambs if reintroduced, study finds
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Scotland

Lynx likely to predate on sheep and lambs if reintroduced, study finds

Above-average rainfall needed for water levels to recover from dry spell, says SEPA
Scotland

Above-average rainfall needed for water levels to recover from dry spell - SEPA

Do not carry weapons, warns police chief
Scotland

Do not carry weapons, warns police chief

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Wolf of Badenoch: New statue brings story of one of Scotland’s worst tyrants to life
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Wolf of Badenoch: New statue brings story of one of Scotland's worst tyrants to life

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Peter Andre shocked by backlash over film in which he poses as Jamaican gangster