🔴 The train operators with the highest cancellations

Good morning Voornaam

We hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas, wherever you spent it. And no doubt there's more leftover food to be eaten on Boxing Day and time to be spent with the family. But if you're reading this, we'll assume you still want to keep abreast of what's been happening across Scotland, the UK and the rest of the world.

Firstly, this may not be surprising news for those who have travelled frequently by rail this year - but analysis of the latest Office of Rail and Road data found 208,000 services were fully axed in the year to November 9. This is the joint worst performance for reliability in more than a decade - and the figures highlight some of the worst operators for cancellations.

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Secondly, our Political Correspondent Alistair Grant brings you a Boxing Day exclusive. He sat down for a lengthy interview with the Church of Scotland Moderator where, amongst other things, assisted dying was a major topic of conversation.

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Lastly, we know that many of you who have signed up to this newsletter will enjoy our daily quiz question - but why not take a good half hour out and tackle the 100 questions in The Scotsman's Big Boxing Day quiz.

You can put your brain to the test by reading here

Now for your extra bonus trivia question: Which island off the coast of Scotland celebrates Christmas and New Year nearly two weeks later than the rest of the country?

Whatever you're doing for the rest of Boxing Day, we hope you enjoy.

From,

The team at The Scotsman

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