The government also added further action points, including work to improve access for journalists covering courts to promote open justice, work to increase the efficiency of government advertising spending with the media, ensuring the Local Government Publicity Code is fully implemented by local authorities and to promote an ongoing dialogue with the media industry.
Homeless deaths recorded by The Ferret included some on the city streets. However many were housed in temporary accommodation such as hostels, homeless B&Bs or were sofa surfing when they died. One man died in Glasgow’s Winter Night Shelter in January 2018. Drug overdoses were implicated in many of the deaths.
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A new report from the Defence Safety Authority (DSA), the government agency which regulates safety across the armed forces, warns that shortages of trained staff, the poor state of buildings and equipment and “complacency” are jeopardising safety.
“The SNP and anti-democratic West Dunbartonshire Council have taken the first steps in regard to silencing the press by banning and boycotting The Democrat, smearing the editor by making false allegations of assault against him, locking him out of council meetings and withdrawing the usual courtesies between local authorities and journalists.”
In a statement accompanying the code yesterday, the ICO noted that there was no exemption for media sites and recognised that children would be attracted to them, but added: “the ICO recognises that digital news media are not a core concern for children online, so the provisions of the code can be applied in a risk-based and proportionate way to reflect this.”
