Notably, unlike in October 2025 (below), BBC Scotland is not attempting to scare us with a similar damp squib but the Record is. Here’s why:

On 6 November 2025:

Police say there was a “notable” reduction in Bonfire Night disorder with the number of calls received down by 37% across Scotland. Between 31 October and 5 November, 833 calls needed a local or specialist response, almost 500 fewer than last year. A major police operation took place at known Bonfire Night trouble-spots across the country in an attempt to avoid a repeat of disorder seen in previous years. Police said three people were arrested on Wednesday evening, while 25 Dispersal Orders were issued in Edinburgh – with a further 20 in Glasgow.

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There have been no reports of any injuries to officers or other emergency services personnel over the last week. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c6296vgzq9zo

In October 2025, we saw the same scare story on BBC Scotland, that the Record headlines today:

the skies across Scotland, emergency services are outlining their plans for coping with disorder on bonfire night. Last year, 61 arrests were made and several police officers and firefighters were injured.

BBC Scotland in their BBC Breakfast insert seemed to be using the 2023 figures for ‘last year‘, rather than those for 2024, the actual last year.

Wonder why? Here’s what they had to report on 6 November 2024:

Overall, the force said the incidents of serious disorder had fallen this year.

As part of Operation Moonbeam, a police operation launched in 2020 to deal with disorder at this time of year, specialist resources were deployed 26 times on 5 November last year – this year there were 18 deployments. The number of injured officers has also reduced significantly – 62 last year compared to one this year.

Assistant Chief Constable Tim Mairs, gold commander for Operation Moonbeam said challenging scenes had not escalated to mass disorder as it had last year. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wr182e5pko