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Day: May 27, 2020
VIRUS: HAIR LIKE STRAW HINGIN’ OOT A MIDDEN
It sounded as if this was one area that MSPs might be tempted to do a Dominic Cummings and break the lockdown rules, although Boris’s adviser appears to be folically challenged, unlike his boss whose long golden locks often look like “straw hingin’ oot a midden’
HARRY POTTER AUTHOR’S BRAND NEW BOOK
The first two chapters, which went online on Tuesday, introduced King Fred the Fearless, ruler of Cornucopia, and five-year-old Bert Beamish.
VIRUS: LOCAL CARE HOME DEATHS FIGURE UP AGAIN
Ms Baillie’s call for immediate local testing follows confirmation from West Dunbartonshire Health and Social Care Partnership that there was not a single testing hub accessible within the local authority
THE NHS WAS ALREADY IN CRISIS PRE-PANDEMIC
Figures released recently show that, by 18 May, only 7.65% of social care workers had been tested, casting doubt over the Scottish Government’s ability to test all care home staff by 25 May. Final testing figures have not yet been released.
VIRUS: TAKING THE HERALD OUT OF GLASGOW
It had apparently been in lengthy negotiations with its previous landlord to reduce the £1.17 million annual rental as it sought to cut costs. But no deal was struck. Fortuitously, all the editorial staff are working from home because of the pandemic.