Scotland

Avanti West Coast, the operator of rail services on the West Coast Main Line between London, the Midlands, northern England and Scotland, will be brought back into public ownership in March. The move forms part of the UK government's wider programme of renationalising failing private rail operators under Great British Railways reform. The announcement is drawing attention from passengers and transport commentators, many of whom have long criticised the operator for delays, cancellations and poor service.

The Daily Record reports on calls insisting that poverty in Scotland is not an inevitable fact of life and urging collective action to end it. The piece frames child and family poverty as a solvable policy problem, arguing that government, communities and organisations must work together rather than accept hardship as permanent, amid ongoing debate over Scotland's poverty levels.