Some of Unison’s radical proposals to shake up council funding may not be possible, and others deeply unfavourable among large sections of society.
YOUR article about the Taiwanese extradition proceedings affecting Dean Zain (“Appeal sparks fresh battle to extradite first Scot to Taiwan”, The Herald, June 29) repeats a couple of common misperceptions about changing one's name.
SINCE the Panama Papers scandal broke, much has been written about the way offshore companies have allowed anonymous buyers to purchase expensive London properties – in the process, helping to inflate the capital's already overheated housing market.
THE debacle that is Edinburgh PPP/PFI schools is a terrible tragedy for the children, parents and teachers (“Council to pay back schools in PPP fiasco”, The Herald, April 14).
KEN Smith's Diary brings us much interest and fun, as dohis archive photographs and commentary. The picture of the children from Govan setting out on their digging mission in 1942 (“With no park to play in, children Dig for Victory”, The Herald, April 1) is excellent.
WHAT was not mentioned in your excellent obituary (The Herald, March 1) of the late Frank Kelly (of Father Ted fame) was that at Christmas of 1983 he had a No 26 Chart Hit with Christmas Countdown, a hilarious monologue based on The 12 Days of Christmas. I remember him performing it live on Top of the Pops but can only find an audio version on Youtube.
You are one of the many workers in the UK who is on low pay or can only find a part-time job, struggling to earn a living. You have been being summoned to an appointment at a Jobcentre - but at the same time called in for a last minute shift at work. Ignoring the Jobcentre could mean a sanction and losing vital benefit support. Failing to turn up at work could risk losing a much-needed job. What can you do?
Boxing Day brought the usual scenes of frantic shopping and queuing in the high street for bargains. In sharp contrast to the now traditional festive spending sprees are the shocking figures which show how many families and individuals are having to rely on foodbanks in Scotland over the festive season, with 7,000 helped in the week before Christmas alone.
The early days of the single force were marked by an unseemly row between Police Scotland and its oversight body, the Scottish Police Authority.
No-one can deny that the fear of Islamic terror is a very real one in our society. But when Prevent - a key plank of the UK Government's counter-terrorism strategy, aiming to spot potential extremists and stop them in their tracks - is accused of "state sponsored Islamophobia" we might want to pause and think.
