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No one wants to cause alarm or panic, but we should not be complacent about the dangers to human health. To date, variant CJD has caused more than 100 deaths in Scotland and people are continuing to develop the disease.
If we are to bring about a genuine renaissance in passenger and freight rail in this century, we need a route that follows the northern bank of the Forth. That will alleviate pressure on the network on the south of the Forth and on the Forth rail bridge.
At the weekend, I read in the Sunday Herald that the second highest concentration of banking in Europe at the moment is not in Denmark, Ireland, or Sweden but in Scotland.
Nowadays, the practice is for solicitors to get those outlays up front and get the money in the bank in case the party concerned is unable to sell the house and the solicitor is landed with a bill for which no money is paid.
There are 22 full-time wardens and there are relief wardens to cover days off and holidays. All the people who provide cover for holidays, overnight and weekends will lose their jobs.
If we were to ask that question now, the answer would often be that it is because the plan is out of date and no longer makes sense. However, plans will be kept up to date if the new system works as it should do.