This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ I’m not saying they shouldn’t headline a murder. I am saying they should also also inform the public of the risk of being murdered especially as the latest figures from Police Scotland were released only yesterday: As you can see the homicide rate in Scotland has plummeted from 130 cases per year 20 years ago to just over 40 in the last year, a 70% decline. That is a staggering phenomenon, unknown globally and, I suspect, far more interesting to citizens than our drug deaths figures so … Continue reading The murderous reality of life in Scotland through BBC Scotland’s lens as homicides drop 90% in 20 years unnoticed

This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ …about cuts to tree planting. Reporting Scotland this morning. Have you ever seen UK Government advisers headlined raising concerns about tree planting on the main new broadcasts? Me neither. Have you ever seen any context on Reporting Scotland’s coverage of tree-planting? This kind of thing? First, from State of Nature 2023: So, 8% of the population but 60% of the trees. Second, 8% of the UK population but 76% of the new tree planting. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://cdn.forestresearch.gov.uk/2022/09/Ch1_Woodland_2022.pdf Third, 20 times the tree-planting of Labour Wales: https://www.confor.org.uk/news/latest-news/scotland-leads-way-on-uk-tree-planting-but-misses-target What’s that saying about wood and trees? … Continue reading Climate change – SNP Scotland plants 20 times more trees than Labour Wales

This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Absent, of course from MSM, several positive indicators of a narrowing gap between school leavers from the least and most deprived areas: This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Continue reading Scottish education sees several signs of attainment gaps narrowing

This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ The Herald today has: Mortality rates from Covid plunged among care home residents following the rollout of vaccinations, according to the first study to compare outbreaks across the initial three waves of the pandemic in Scotland. Academics from Glasgow and Edinburgh universities analysed data on infections and deaths recorded in care homes from March 2020 to October 2021. Ironically, in the middle of the report they have a link to: Jeane Freeman ‘I will always regret care home Covid deaths. Why ironic? Vaccines were rolled out in Scottish … Continue reading New research reveals how Jeane Freeman saved thousands in Scottish care homes as others dithered

This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ The Herald is front-paging an international study of the percentage who get radiotherapy or who get chemotherapy as if that was the only measure of success and with some average waiting times as opposed to the percentage treated within the target of 62 days. The above graph from BBC Health in November 2022, is clear. Far fewer wait too long in Scotland than elsewhere in the UK. By the end of 2023, the Scottish figure had worsened to 28% but in Wales it had risen to a … Continue reading Cancer waiting times far shorter in Scotland according to BBC UK Health Correspondent

This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ The total number of anti-social incidents reported to Police Scotland has fallen notably in the last two years. The reporting of anti-social incidents in England & Wales is significantly lower, around only half, than in Scotland. https://crimerate.co.uk/anti-social-behaviour#:~:text=During%202022%2C%20England%20%26%20Wales’s%20police,per%201%2C000%20people%20for%202021. This means? There’s more anti-social behaviour in Scotland? Scots are more sensitive to it? Scots know its worth reporting it because Police Scotland will respond to it? This site costs nothing to run so donate to our friends at  https://www.broadcastingscotland.scot/donate/ Continue reading Anti-social behaviour reported to Police Scotland plummets