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Covers:  aqap, arabian penninsula, yemen, arab spring, middle, middle east, terrorism, al-qaeda
Journalist. Mostly Yemen/Arabian Peninsula. Also @YemenData. ☘️ Find me in the other place: bsky.app/profile/ionacraig.com

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‘This is unreal’ – residents hit out at 14-month Bridge of Allan road closure

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By Iona Craig Verified
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LOCALS have raised fears over bus services, access to homes and disruptive diversions during work on a major flood protection scheme. Residents have reacted with disbelief after being told a key route through Bridge of Allan will close southbound for more than a year. Stirling Council has issued a temporary traffic order covering Cornton Road between its junctions with Orchard Road and Allanvale Road. Southbound view of road affected by the closure.
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University of Stirling sends record number of athletes to Commonwealth Games

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By Iona Craig Verified
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A RECORD number of University of Stirling athletes have been given a send-off ahead of representing six countries at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. The contingent of 22 athletes — the largest the university has ever sent to a Commonwealth Games — will compete in swimming, artistic gymnastics, wheelchair basketball and judo. The University of Stirling is sending 22 athletes to the games.
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Ansarallah ( Houthis) Vows To Block Saudi Access To Bab al-Mandab Strait After Strikes On Yemen’s Airport

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By Iona Craig Verified, Alton Anderson Founder-CEO-Editor
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Africa By Iona Craig|Drop Site News Photos: Wikimedia Commons A leading official from Yemen’s Ansarallah, also known as the Houthis, vowed that the group would block Saudi access to the Bab al-Mandab strait—a vital bottleneck connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean—in response to strikes on Sana’a airport on Monday that were blamed on Saudi Arabia.
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Awards

The Sunday Times Tom Walker Trust Award

2009

Press Gazette Award, runner up

2008 - Scoop of the year