Scottish Government spends £107 million, £107 000 per householder, of your taxes on flood defences, BBC Scotland report one guest house sale and the locals vote Tory

BBC Scotland ‘News’ yesterday, the above from 2020, 4 years ago, and:

A Hawick guest house and cafe that was partially washed away in floods has gone on the market. Video footage captured the moment river-facing walls of the Bridge Guest House building dramatically collapsed into the Teviot at the height of Storm Ciara in February 2020.

Only seven paragraphs later, perhaps on the 17:30 broadcast, perhaps not:

Since the collapse of the Bridge Guest House, a £106m flood defence scheme has been completed in Hawick, protecting about 970 buildings.

Work began on the project – one of the largest in Scotland – a few months after Storm Ciara.

It has been designed to protect about 1,000 homes from a one-in-75-year event and consists of about two miles (3km) of flood defences.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj20vw53lnk9o?at_medium=social&at_link_origin=BBCScotlandNews&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_link_id=A68D8CCA-C980-11F1-8F5E-AF76EC368E6E&at_ptr_name=twitter&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_link_type=web_link&at_bbc_team=editorial

Good news? Big news? Scottish Government funds flood defences at £106 000 for each householder.

Are the folk of Hawick grateful?

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