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Craig Paton

Craig Paton is the deputy Scottish political editor at PA Media. In this role, Craig has covered three elections since 2019, the Covid-19 pandemic and the departure of Nicola Sturgeon as First Minister, with a particular focus on using freedom of information legislation to find stories. Craig has also interviewed every political leader at a Scottish and UK level. His career began at the Evening Express in Aberdeen as a trainee reporter.

The session was requested by the Scottish Lib Dems (Jane Barlow/PA)

MSPs to receive cyber security training

The project will be built off the coast of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire (Ben Birchall/PA)

World’s biggest floating offshore wind farm gets go-ahead

The medal was awarded to the institute’s director Giuseppe Remuzzi, right (Duncan McGlynn/PA)

Italian research institute wins prestigious Edinburgh Medal

Techscaler worked with 517 companies last year, helping them raise £52.1 million in funding (PA)

Start-ups raised £52m in capital under Government scheme