By Democrat reporter The Mail Online is reporting that the BBC has axed editorial director Kamal Ahmed and two others from its news board in a ‘modernisation’
Day: February 18, 2021
POLITICS: Editors call for delay to Scottish Hate Crime Bill
Scottish justice secretary Humza Yousaf has announced plans to introduce a ‘catch-all’ free speech clause in Hate Crime Bill. BY IAN MURRAY The Society of Editors
COVID PANDEMIC: BAILLIE SAYS STURGEON’S LACK OF LEADERSHIP LET THE PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND DOWN
By Bill Heaney Dumbarton Labour MSP Jackie Baillie pinned First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the walls of the Holyrood chamber on Wednesday over her lack
SPORT: Mikayla Parton epitomises these winning principles perfectly
By Rory Murphy ORGANISERS of the Fort William Mountain Festival are delighted to announce that Mikayla Parton, a 23-year-old Scottish elite downhill mountain bike racer
PLANNING: SNP DUCK OUT OF FLAMINGO LAND PLANS FOR LOCH LOMOND
Scottish Enterprise steps back from Flamingo Land’s Loch Lomond project February 17, 2021 Planning By Lucy Ashton Plans for the Flamingo Land development beside Loch Lomond
COVID 19: Pandemic ‘planning failures’ in key areas of Covid response
By Democrat reporter Pandemic planning failures by the Scottish Government may have contributed to PPE shortages and stretched social care capacity, the Auditor General has