Good morning, Welcome to your Christmas Eve newsletter from The Scotsman. Thank you for your support this year. If you've not already, consider taking out a digital subscription with us from just £3 a month for unlimited access. Alternatively, you can now give the gift of a digital subscription to a loved one here. Readers of this newsletter can get a 20% discount on gift subscriptions with the promo code SCOTGIFT20. 'Santa will still visit this year': Nicola Sturgeon tells children in Christmas message The First Minister assured Scotland's children that Santa Claus would still be visiting the country, as she injected some festive spirit into her Christmas message. Nicola Sturgeon also took time to thank health and care workers for their work throughout the year. Read what the First Minister had to say here. How bad is your Spotify? Here's how to find out... We could all do with a laugh, couldn't we? Well, step forward a new AI tool which mocks your music taste mercilessly. American digital publisher The Pudding has designed the new tool and it has been has been creating smiles across the world, as it trashes your favourite tracks. Find out how bad it thinks your music taste is here. UK and Brussels close in on trade agreement The UK and Brussels appeared poised to finally strike a post-Brexit trade deal as speculation mounted that both sides were on the brink of making a far reaching announcement. Progress is believed to have been made on their differences over key sticking points such as fishing rights and "level playing field" mechanisms on competition issues. Read the latest on the deal here. Before you go... It has a been a tough year for all of us, however, we've got through 2020 together. We'd like to thank you all for your support of us throughout the year, and we look forward to bringing you quality news, features and exclusives in the new year. We would also like to take this opportunity to wish you and your family a very merry Christmas from everyone here at The Scotsman. Have one on us. Thanks for reading, more stories are below, Graham Falk |