Please click the image below to read more: Someone — not, as is often claimed, Churchill — said the best argument against democracy was five minutes with the average voter. Except, that is, in Scotland, where two minutes with the average Cabinet minister will produce much the same effect. Humza Yousaf didn’t utter a peep […]
Please click on the link below to read more: A majority of the issues in Scotland’s hospitals and the knock-on effect to the ambulance service are not due to Covid, a top surgeon has said. Professor Michael Griffin, president of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, warned Scotland has “a real workforce problem in […]
Please click the image below to read more: An SNP official is under investigation after claims he made a threatening phone call to a new business owner. Ian McPherson, a staffer for Westminster MP Allan Dorans, admitted making a “terrible error of judgement” in his call to Ayr painter Craig Hainey. It followed the opening of Mr […]
Please click the link below to read more: More than 4400 doses of coronavirus vaccine were wasted in Scotland in one week, figures have revealed. Statistics published by the Scottish Government under freedom of information requests showed that in the week ending August 1, a total of 4,448 doses of vaccine were not administered. Between […]
To read more, please click the link below: Nursing and midwifery vacancies have been at a record high in Scotland since March, with over 4,800 posts unfilled, unions have warned in response to latest workforce figures. Latest NHS Scotland workforce statistics, published this week, show that 4,845 whole-time equivalent (WTE) nursing and midwifery posts were […]
Please click the image below to read more: According to a report in the Herald Gerard Brown, 65, was found by family on the floor of his flat in Dumbreck, Glasgow last Monday with injuries to his back and arms from a fall. Paramedics eventually arrived around 3am on Wednesday, after which time Mr Brown had passed away. […]
Please click the link below to read more: Two new ferries for Islay will not be made in Scotland after four shipyards from elsewhere were invited to tender for the contract. More than 30 organisations expressed an interest in taking on the job and 11 entered submissions that Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) said were […]
Please click the link below to read more: Home charging points for electric vehicles will be shut off at peak times to combat fears they could cause blackouts. The Government plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035, meaning the number of electric vehicles on the road is set to […]
Please click the image below to read more: So-called ‘unhackable’ mobile phones given to prisoners in Scotland during lockdown by the Scottish Government at a cost of £3 million are now being used for drug deals and other criminal activity, ITV News has learned. During lockdown when prison visits were restricted, 7,600 inmates in Scotland were issued with their […]
Please click the image below to read more: Scots are far less likely to back independence if they believe it will cause public spending to drop, the introduction of a hard border, or the pound being replaced, a new poll has found. A survey carried out by Survation on behalf of pro-UK campaign group Scotland in Union found that […]