https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/record-90-of-scots-attend-cultural-events-in-2025-but-uk-under-labour-saw-a-fall-to-85/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T16:35:21+00:00Record 90% of Scots attend cultural events in 2025 but UK under Labour saw a fall to 85%https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/scottish-vessels-made-885m-in-2025-up-16-even-though-they-landed-10-fewer-sea-fish-and-shellfish-good-business/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T16:33:23+00:00Scottish vessels made £885m in 2025, up 16% even though they landed 10% fewer sea fish and shellfish – good business?https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/suspected-drug-deaths-plummet-despite-pressure-of-nitazines-thanks-to-treatment-rates-at-90-plus-and-naloxone-kit-distribution/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T16:30:59+00:00Suspected drug deaths plummet despite pressure of Nitazines thanks to treatment rates at 90% plus and Naloxone kit distributionhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/drug-related-hospital-admissions-fall-by-50-from-peak-in-august-2020/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T16:29:50+00:00Drug-related hospital admissions fall by 50% from peak in August 2020https://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/snp-government-builds-three-times-as-many-houses-for-older-people-and-people-with-disabilities-as-did-last-labour-government-in-scotland/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T16:28:45+00:00SNP Government builds THREE times as many houses for older people and people with disabilities as did last Labour Government in Scotlandhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/nearly-11-000-more-properties-to-rent-in-private-sector-in-last-five-years/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T16:27:42+00:00Nearly 11 000 more properties to rent in private sector in last five yearshttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/prevalence-of-major-congenial-conditions-falls-8-4-in-just-two-years-in-scotland-perhaps-influenced-by-nearly-20-years-of-protection-from-worst-of-austerity-policies-child-payment-free-prescriptions/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T08:29:52+00:00Prevalence of major congenital conditions falls 8.4% in just two years in Scotland perhaps influenced by nearly 20 years of protection from worst of austerity policies, Child Payment, free prescriptions and more affordable housingscience, health, nutrition, mental-health, wellnesshttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/nhs-scotland-waiting-lists-keep-reducing-as-experts-accuse-nhs-england-of-fiddling-returns-by-up-to-17-of-their-total/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T08:24:53+00:00NHS Scotland waiting lists keep reducing as experts accuse NHS England of fiddling returns by up to 17% of their totalnhs, mental-health, palantir, anxietyhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/29/county-lines-gangster-from-liverpool-stamps-inverness-man-to-death-but-bbc-scotland-redact-that-detail-for-the-union/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-29T08:17:21+00:00County Lines gangster from Liverpool stamps Inverness man to death but BBC Scotland redact that detail for the Unionhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/28/scots-to-pay-for-a-steel-works-a-national-care-service-an-illegal-dumps-clear-up-and-homelessness-reduction-in-england-all-out-of-a-reduced-block-grant/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-28T17:28:17+00:00Scots to pay for a steel works, a national care service, an illegal dumps clear-up, and homelessness reduction in England, all out of a reduced block granthttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/28/english-babies-and-young-children-failed-amid-surging-poverty-and-inadequate-protection-legislation-compared-with-scotland/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-28T16:14:14+00:00English babies and young children failed amid surging poverty and inadequate protection legislation compared with Scotlandwriting, politics, news, family, mental-healthhttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/28/desperate-stuff-from-bbc-scotland-as-alcohol-deaths-fall-among-women-too/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-28T14:41:34+00:00Desperate stuff from BBC Scotland as alcohol deaths fall, among women toohttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/28/not-one-police-officer-injury-at-bonfire-night-last-year-and-only-one-the-year-before-so-english-and-welsh-officers-are-coming-for-something-else-not-us/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-28T14:13:50+00:00Not one police officer injury at Bonfire Night last year and only one the year before so English and Welsh officers are coming for something else, not uspolitics, books, football, sportshttps://talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/10/28/massive-almost-50-fall-in-opioid-dependency-among-15-34-year-olds/Talking-up Scotlanden2026-10-28T13:31:14+00:00Massive, almost 50% fall in opioid dependency among 15-34 year-olds