Film making is restarting and as HAYLEY MURDEN reports it will see Bollywood producers among the first to return to Scotland The worldwide film industry ground to a halt as Covid-19 lockdown commenced. Not only were movies unable to make it to cinemas, but production on new projects stopped. Now that measures are easing and […]
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Time to calm down over ‘power grab’ + the rise of the Daily Sturgeon
As I See It: TERRY MURDEN on the row over the Brexit bill and tackling the daily briefings Tackling the coronavirus pandemic has absorbed so much of the political agenda that it has become a rare moment when other issues have grabbed much attention. However, as lockdown eases and the economy reopens the big topic […]
Support in Mind offers mental health training for employers
National mental health charity Support in Mind Scotland has launched a range of specialist training courses designed to help employers create mentally healthy workplaces. The charity, which has nearly 50 years experience of supporting people with their mental health, helps more than 1,300 people each week and has responded to the Covid-19 crisis by delivering […]
It was The Sun wot won it, but The Times they are a’ changin’
As I See It: STEVE SAMPSON says the quality titles are now winning the media war Rupert Murdoch famously reprimanded The Sun’s mercurial editor Kelvin MacKenzie for his “IT’S THE SUN WOT WON IT” General Election headline. Labour leader Neil Kinnock had been trounced, finally and completely. He thought Kelvin was grandstanding. He didn’t get […]
Sunak’s meal deal is just for starters
As I See It: Terry Murden First came the Prime Minister’s promises of a New Deal. Now we have the Chancellor’s Meal Deal, an offer to dine out at the Treasury’s expense as part of a menu of job schemes and tax cuts. Rishi Sunak will never be accused of avoiding give-away budgets, not that […]