Exclusive Six ferries down over one weekend as CalMac 'calamity' deepens
Six of CalMac's ageing ferry fleet were placed out of action at the weekend as a new breakdown 'calamity' has deepened.
Senior News Reporter
Martin Williams: Senior News Reporter with The Herald and the Herald on Sunday.
He joined in 2003 and has a focus on investigative journalism. His honours include being the 2023 Scottish Press Awards Financial/Business Journalist of the Year and a British Journalism Awards finalist for 2022. In the 2020/21 UK Regional Press Awards he was named Business & Finance Journalist of the Year while also a Daily/Sunday Reporter of the Year and Data Journalist of the Year finalist. He was the 2020 Financial/Business Journalist of the Year runner-up in the Scottish Press Awards.
In the 2018 UK Regional Press Awards he came out of awards hiding to be named Data Journalist of the Year. Also tweets on @MWilliamsHT
Martin Williams: Senior News Reporter with The Herald and the Herald on Sunday.
He joined in 2003 and has a focus on investigative journalism. His honours include being the 2023 Scottish Press Awards Financial/Business Journalist of the Year and a British Journalism Awards finalist for 2022. In the 2020/21 UK Regional Press Awards he was named Business & Finance Journalist of the Year while also a Daily/Sunday Reporter of the Year and Data Journalist of the Year finalist. He was the 2020 Financial/Business Journalist of the Year runner-up in the Scottish Press Awards.
In the 2018 UK Regional Press Awards he came out of awards hiding to be named Data Journalist of the Year. Also tweets on @MWilliamsHT
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