From the Guardian yesterday: NHS officials are shutting growing numbers of birth centres in a “shocking” denial of a woman’s right to have a midwife rather than a doctor oversee their baby’s birth, say campaigners. Twelve birth centres – midwife-led maternity units – have closed in England since 2019. Birth centres play a key role in ensuring that women can choose whether to have their baby at a unit in a hospital run by doctors, at one where midwives are in charge, or at home. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/nov/07/nhs-birth-centre-maternity-unit-closures-england-womens-rights Despite have 10 times the population, NHS Scotland has 29 midwife-led units while NHS … Continue reading Women’s right to have a midwife oversee their baby’s birth is protected in Scotland as ‘shocking denial’ of rights surges in England

From: first published in 2016 but for some reason beyond me, included in a Google alert for me today: The International Nuclear Workers Study (Inworks): A Collaborative Epidemiological Study to Improve Knowledge About Health Effects of Protracted Low-Dose Exposure INWORKS is a multinational cohort study, gathering 308 297 workers in the nuclear industry in France, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, with detailed individual monitoring data for external exposure to ionising radiation. Over a mean duration of follow-up of 27 y, the number of observed deaths was 66 632, including 17 957 deaths due to solid cancers, … Continue reading Multinational study of 308 297 nuclear workers finds a SIGNIFICANT association between red bone marrow dose and the risk of leukaemia and between colon dose and the risk of solid cancers to seriously question Labour energy policy

Did BBC Scotland cover the above? I can find not a mention in their reports in the last few days. Many did: On 1 April 2026, they did mention them: This year’s Bonfire Night will see police coping with two further challenges – both in Scotland’s biggest city. Celtic will take on Turkish side Beskitas in a Uefa Europa League match at Celtic Park. Officers say they are also aware of images circulating online, suggesting “planned protest activity” will take place in Glasgow the same night. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmgqwgpjpjngo Why have they not returned to these dramatic reports of violence by Turkish … Continue reading BBC Scotland’s editorial agenda means Turkish ultras ‘bottling’ Glasgow cops is not news but Scots neds burning their van most certainly is, thank you very much!

From BBC Scotland yesterday: Deploying 1,700 police officers on the streets to deal with Bonfire Night violence cannot be accepted as normal, the Scottish Police Federation has said. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5wyrr3wwlzvo This is frankly dishonest and BBC Scotland could easily have corrected it in a report of more than 1 000 words. From a BBC Scotland report on 1 November 2026: Scotland’s biggest police operation since the visit of President Donald Trump last year is to take place on Bonfire Night, in the face of a “unique” combination of safety concerns. As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed on and around … Continue reading A simple BBC Scotland lie – ‘1,700 police officers were on the streets to deal with a ‘unique combination of safety concerns’ and not just Bonfire Night

Neil Oliver today, siding with Russell Brand in the wake of the latter’s multiple guilty verdicts. Here he is in 20215: and in 2021: and in 2023: Continue reading Neil Oliver in the limelight with Russell Brand reminds me of his cancerous presence