Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From People requiring a social care assessment and care at home services Management information, published 24 February 2026 (Latest release) Of those people in Scotland (All Areas Submitted) waiting for care at home following an assessment of their needs, the total estimated number of weekly hours of care that they were waiting to receive was 27,038 as of 2 February 2026. This represents a decrease of just over 5% from the estimated number of hours at this time last … Continue reading Total hours waiting for care at home package following an assessment falls from peak for third month in a row

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Even the Telegraph has reported this shocking new research suggesting serious concerns for those living near nuclear power stations. The Telegraph has a strong editorial policy to support new nuclear energy proposals1, so this is remarkable. Their report is based on these comments in several high-status US news outlets including in Nature and Harvard: Cancer mortality is higher across multiple age groups in both males and females, with the strongest associations among older adults, males aged 65–74 and … Continue reading Top Science research journal reports 115 000, especially middle-aged women living near nuclear power stations are most at risk of cancer mortality and reinforces findings from UK research

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON From BBC Scotland today: Council tax in Glasgow is set to rise by between 5% and 6%, after the SNP and Greens agreed a deal to pass a budget. Free school meals are expected to be extended to all children in primary seven and the council also plans to invest in cleansing, including more gully cleaning to prevent flooding.1 The average in Scotland, looks like being around 7-9%, well above that in Glasgow. In Birmingham City, now more … Continue reading Council tax in Labour-run Birmingham to rise by 50% more than in SNP-run Glasgow where for it you actually get your bins emptied and only half the level of violent crime to worry about when you bring them in, in the dark!

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON The Herald front page today is frankly disgusting. That’s a five year total added-up in an infantile attempt to get a big number. It was actually just 96.2m and far more important, they won’t share with us the real news, it’s falling. In their own report, para 7, we see: So three years ago, in one year, £38m out of £96m was paid out, leaving £58m to be shared out over the other 4 years, three of them … Continue reading Maternity negligence in NHS Scotland falls dramatically in last three years to only one seventh, per head, of that in NHS England but the Herald desperately tries to suggest a crisis here

Please Support Talking-up Scotland at:https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/support-talking-up-scotlandClick on the above.Or direct bank transfer at Sort Code 08-91-04 Account – 12266421 Name – JOHN ROBERTSON Above, the crimes of violence in Scotland overall and in Aberdeen, as recorded by Police Scotland in Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending September 2025. Violent crime across Scotland has increased recently in Scotland, down slightly last year, but has fallen significantly in Aberdeen City. BBC Scotland today, returns to a regular topic – violence in Aberdeen schools, with: Violence against teachers in Aberdeen’s schools remains “widespread, frequent and harmful”, according to Scotland’s largest teaching union. The EIS … Continue reading One in every 100 Aberdonians was physically assaulted last year but it was one in every 4 for teachers? As violence in Aberdeen City statistics plummet a teacher union says it’s surging to nightmare levels in the schools – how can this be?