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What would AJ Cronin make of the relocation of the Children’s and Maternity/Neonatal Hospitals from the bucolic site at Yorkhill to the sewage surrounded Shieldhall cesspit 101 years later? What novel would he write? ‘The Shitadel’?”

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What on Earth would AJ make of the relocation of the Children’s and Maternity/Neonatal Hospitals from the relatively bucolic site at Yorkhill to the sewage surrounded Shieldhall cesspit 101 years later? What novel would he write? ‘The Shitadel’?” By Scunhur A J Cronin, best selling novelist and doctor, lived at 29 Esmond St Yorkhill during his latter school years and throughout University studies which were interrupted by WW1 service. Cowglen should have been the site of the new Glasgow Southside hospital campus but Cowglen is all lucrative housing now. Here’s where it ended up: My understanding is that Jones Lang … Continue reading What would AJ Cronin make of the relocation of the Children’s and Maternity/Neonatal Hospitals from the bucolic site at Yorkhill to the sewage surrounded Shieldhall cesspit 101 years later? What novel would he write? ‘The Shitadel’?”

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This BBC senior manager who did not know about Jimmy Savile got four times the pension pot for less service than BBC Scotland’s 44 year-service NHS Scotland victim today

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From BBC Scotland today, headlining, the above and: An NHS executive has received a near £400,000 redundancy pay-off after retiring from a health board, new figures show. Following a 44-year career in the health service, Mary Morgan retired as chief executive of NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) in May. But it has now been revealed Morgan received a £378,000 payment “under contractual redundancy terms” as part of an exit that came after NHS NSS was merged into a new quango called Public Services Delivery (PSD) Scotland in April. A PSD Scotland spokesperson said Morgan retired after an “exceptional career” and … Continue reading This BBC senior manager who did not know about Jimmy Savile got four times the pension pot for less service than BBC Scotland’s 44 year-service NHS Scotland victim today

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After 8 years of Liverpool county lines drug gangs in the Highlands violent crime is up 270% compared to 12% in Scotland

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That it’s like an escalation of behaviour. It’s getting to the point now in the Inverness area, where the violence is getting to a different level and it’s something that really we’re taking a really firm stance on. But we’re also very conscious it’s very challenging. Highland Cops commissioned by BBC 2 and BBC Scotland and produced by Firecrest Films is in its fourth series of frankly fascinating documentary style episodes on crime in the Scottish Highlands, with ravishing background, often foreground, scenery shots and increasingly impressive and likeable police officer characters. The production seems to have wriggled out from … Continue reading After 8 years of Liverpool county lines drug gangs in the Highlands violent crime is up 270% compared to 12% in Scotland

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Demonising Glasgow and Scotland – Despite overall picture being ‘better than in recent years’ and ‘several’ more police officers injured in Newcastle than in Glasgow BBC Scotland get the headline UK news space for the second day

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Despite several pockets of disorder, the overall picture was better than in recent years. We saw this yesterday, the foregrounding of bonfire night violence in Glasgow as an example when there was a more notable one to be had in England. From BBC Tyne yesterday: Six people, including three teenage boys, have been arrested after a night of violence saw fireworks and bricks launched at emergency services on Bonfire Night. Northumbria Police said its crews had been attacked after responding to reports of anti-social behaviour in the Waterville Road area of Meadow Well in North Tyneside at about 21:00 GMT … Continue reading Demonising Glasgow and Scotland – Despite overall picture being ‘better than in recent years’ and ‘several’ more police officers injured in Newcastle than in Glasgow BBC Scotland get the headline UK news space for the second day

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Grooming readers and viewers to believe there are mass rape grooming gangs in Scotland

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They all use the term ‘grooming gangs’ so what’s wrong with that? Well, the inquiry terms of reference do not, ever, use either word: Child sexual abuse and exploitation: Jay Inquiry: The aim of this inquiry, established under the Inquiries Act 2005, is to make recommendations to better protect children from group-based sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE) both now and in the future. These will be informed by the experiences of survivors, examining responses, investigating system failures and assessing the extent to which group-based CSAE in Scotland occurred during the period from 1 January 1996 to the setting up date … Continue reading Grooming readers and viewers to believe there are mass rape grooming gangs in Scotland

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Several more police officers injured and more cars damaged in Newcastle than in Glasgow but BBC Breakfast allow BBC Scotland the headline space

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Ed: To set the scene for a longer piece from Liz S – From BBC Tyne today: Six people, including three teenage boys, have been arrested after a night of violence saw fireworks and bricks launched at emergency services on Bonfire Night. Northumbria Police said its crews had been attacked after responding to reports of anti-social behaviour in the Waterville Road area of Meadow Well in North Tyneside at about 21:00 GMT on Thursday. A number of officers were injured, the force said, and five police cars and three fire engines were damaged. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c61wvv8w9wevo The actual number of officers injured … Continue reading Several more police officers injured and more cars damaged in Newcastle than in Glasgow but BBC Breakfast allow BBC Scotland the headline space

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There’s a far bigger ‘steelworks crisis’ – we have none but must pay for it in England and I feel sure ‘Flynn’ knows just what we should do about it – get out!

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No doubt the Dalzell plant needs looking at but it’s a far less significant matter than this: Latest increase – Scots taxpayers to pay first £120 million instalment to keep old English steelworks in business and another £100m to save old English oil refinery so that it can replace Scottish oil refinery to refine oil almost entirely from Scottish waters Labour has been urged to lay out a credible plan for the future of British Steel, as the government spending watchdog warned of the “startling” costs of keeping the struggling manufacturer in business with no end in sight. British Steel … Continue reading There’s a far bigger ‘steelworks crisis’ – we have none but must pay for it in England and I feel sure ‘Flynn’ knows just what we should do about it – get out!

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Dreadful scenes but reduction in serious incidents, no injuries to firefighters and one ‘minor’ injury to police officer and ambulance staff

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From BBC Scotland today, the above and: Seven people were arrested and a police van was set alight during Bonfire Night violence in parts of Scotland. A police officer and an ambulance staff member also suffered minor injuries when they were attacked with fireworks while responding to a report of an injured man in Glasgow. The police vehicle was seriously damaged during the incident in Greenside Street, in the Provanmill area of the city, and a 16-year-old boy was arrested. Police and members of the public were also targeted with fireworks in several areas of Edinburgh. Fire service personnel also … Continue reading Dreadful scenes but reduction in serious incidents, no injuries to firefighters and one ‘minor’ injury to police officer and ambulance staff

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Herald’s Education Specialist lacks ordinary Primary 7 knowledge of simple arithmetical ratios

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In the Herald today, from the above Education Specialist, arrant nonsense he should ashamed of, but first what qualifications do you require to call yourself a ‘Specialist?’ None On his website: I was originally a high school English teacher on the Isle of Arran, after which I spent nine years as an English and Communication lecturer in a Glasgow further education college. Since 2015 I have combined full-time teaching work with freelance investigative journalism, analysis and commentary across a wide range of publications including The Herald, The Scotsman, The Guardian, The Ferret, The Daily Record, The Ecologist, OpenDemocracy and more. … Continue reading Herald’s Education Specialist lacks ordinary Primary 7 knowledge of simple arithmetical ratios

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Not in Education Employment or Training is far less common in Scotland with youth employment amongst lowest in Europe

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The Skattish Daily Express today, has the above. We have the truth: BBC Breakfast 18 June 2026 had the above headline story of 1 012 000 16 to 24 year-olds not in employment, education and training. All things being equal, with 8% of the population, you’d expect the figure in Scotland to be around 81 000. Scotland does not publish a single official NEET figure for the full 16–24 age group using the same definition as the UK-wide Labour Force Survey (LFS). Instead, it focuses on a more comprehensive Annual Participation Measure (APM) for ages 16–19 and the figure for … Continue reading Not in Education Employment or Training is far less common in Scotland with youth employment amongst lowest in Europe