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Yes, raptor population numbers may be relatively low compared to the numbers of other bird species, but they tend to be top predators and Scotland has reasonably healthy populations of most raptor species.
The study also found that former footballers are less likely to die of other common problems, such as heart disease and some cancers, and that they live on average three and a quarter years longer than those in the general population.
I will close by quoting the late Roger Scruton. He said: “top-down solutions have a tendency to confiscate problems from those whose problems they are.”
There is also the Scottish Government’s under one roof website, which provides good detailed advice for homeowners on the maintenance and repair of tenement buildings.
With all due respect, as I have said to the landowner, she will die and I will die—we will all die—but the monument, like all the other monuments in Scotland, such as the war memorials, must be preserved.
Imagine what it must be like for a youngster who does not have the emotional maturity that comes with adulthood and life experience. We are told that 2,500 parents die each year in Scotland, leaving 4,100 bereaved children.