Regulars will be all-too-familiar with BBC Scotland’s long love affair with Scotland’s drug deaths tally: In 2019: Scotland has highest drug death rate in EU In 2021: Drug deaths in Scotland reach new record level In July 2022, as they begin to fall: However, Scotland continues to have by far the highest drug death rate recorded by any country in Europe. Often, these data would be used by opposition parties to accuse the SNP of betrayal and be platformed prominently in the BBC Scotland reports. Sky News today tells us: Northern Ireland has the joint highest female homicide rate in … Continue reading BBC Northern Ireland hides level of violence against women