First weekend of enforcement of vaccine passport scheme ‘unmitigated disaster’ – STV news 25 October 2021 in Covid-19, Economic Matters, Scottish Government, STV News /by sm_admin
M8 Glasgow roadworks bottleneck will not be removed for another two years – The Scotsman 25 October 2021 in The Scotsman, Transport Matters /by sm_admin
Nicola Sturgeon should not assume that demography is destiny – New Statesman 25 October 2021 in Indyref 2, Politics Matters, SNP /by sm_admin
Letters to the press, 25/10/21: It came as no surprise to read that more is spent in Scotland on school pupils than in anywhere else in the UK. That it is £800 per pupil did come as a bit of a shock. What did also not come as a surprise was to learn that this increase in spending did not translate into better standards and performance. 25 October 2021 in Gerald Edwards, Jane Lax, Letters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin
NHS board tells patients not to go to A&E unless ‘life-threatening’ – BBC news 24 October 2021 in BBC, Covid-19, Health Matters, Scottish devolution /by sm_admin
Scottish waste firm facing £99m bill for unpaid taxes and fines – MRW 24 October 2021 in Environment Matters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin
NatureScot issued beaver-killing licences incorrectly – BBC news 24 October 2021 in BBC, Environment Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government /by sm_admin
Edinburgh’s proposed Low Emission Zone will only protect the health of wealthy residents and tourists – Edinburgh Evening News 24 October 2021 in COP26, Edinburgh Evening News, Edinburgh Matters, Environment Matters, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin
Survey of 11,000 Scottish sites finds one in 10 has ‘unacceptable’ levels of litter – The Press and Journal 24 October 2021 in COP26, Environment Matters, Scottish devolution, Scottish Government, SNP /by sm_admin
Scotland’s worst polluters named-and-shamed as leaked SEPA report damns 400 sites – The Herald 24 October 2021 in COP26, Environment Matters, Scottish devolution /by sm_admin
