We had to help out BBC Scotland again, to clarify just what is happening out there. The news, you know?

They wanted to headline:

‘Coronavirus: NHS beds plan as 153 people test positive for Covid-19’

‘Beds plan?’ More? Fewer? Bigger? Comfier? We need to know. We’re worried.

As for the graphic under the headline, they were going to use this:

What’s the point of that big red thing with the big red numbers? To scare folks? Ah, I see. Would it be informative to add the UK number of deaths, 35? What? They might think NHS Scotland was coping better?

Could we use a picture of the person whose statement triggered the whole report? The Times did. That’s it above.

She’s smiling. That makes a change. Does she never smile when you take a picture of her? Just bad luck?