From Transport Scotland yesterday: Provisional road casualty figures released today by Transport Scotland show a decrease in road fatalities between 2024 and 2025, and a reduction in over…
From the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey 2025: Core module published today: In 2025, 46% of people trusted the Scottish Government to work in Scotland’s best interests, in line with the 47% report…
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In the Herald today, clearly now giving up on Anas: Labour ploughed thousands into Anas Sarwar’s doomed bid to win a constituency seat, according to receipts filed with the Returning Officer …
officers is raising concerns about the early release of hundreds of prisoners over the past two years. The early release scheme has been prompted by concerns over prison overcrowding and does not i…
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In the Guardian today: The specialist learning-disability nurse workforce is in “absolute crisis” with the number of specialist nurses falling by a third across the UK since 2009, leaving many vuln…
The Daily Record, today and on May 8th 2026, sickeningly milking and distorting Scotland’s supposed youth murder by knife problem. Why do I say ‘supposed?’ Murder by knife and pos…
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From Transport Scotland yesterday, the above and: Children and young people in Scotland have now made over 300 million free bus journeys since the Scottish Government introduced free travel for und…
BBC Breakfast today had the above headline story of 1 012 000 16 to 24 year-olds not in employment, education and training. All things being equal, with 8% of the population, you’d expect the…
for patients across Scotland, according to the Royal College of Radiologists. 60% of cancer centre and radiology department leaders who responded to their report said that staff shortages are causi…
