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Women’s presence at BBC Radio Scotland | Letters

Luke McCullough, the corporate affairs director at BBC Scotland, responds to an article reporting ‘deep unease’ about female presenters being axedYour report on staff concerns about the number of female presenters on BBC Radio Scotland’s new schedule is mystifying (‘Deep unease’ at BBC Radio Scotland as majority of axed presenters are women, 28 May). When the new schedule starts, of the 25 daytime programmes across the week Monday to Friday, six will routinely be presented solely by men, and...

‘Deep unease’ at BBC Radio Scotland as majority of axed presenters are women

‘Deep unease’ at BBC Radio Scotland as majority of axed presenters are women

Listen up, England. The Health Secretary is going to be data controller for everyone's Single Patient Record

Health secretary James Murray has said that he will become a data controller of all National Health Service records in England shared through the government’s planned single patient record (SPR). Murray, who is formally the secretary of state for health, told the House of Commons on 1 June that GP surgeries, NHS trusts and other care providers will continue to manage and take responsibility for their own records, but added: “Where that information is then shared through the single patient...

BBC loses all rights to ANOTHER iconic sporting event they've shown since 1950

BBC loses all rights to ANOTHER iconic sporting event they've shown since 1950 The BBC will not broadcast this iconic sporting event for the first time in over 72 years when it arrives in the summer For the first time since the 1950s the BBC will have no broadcasting rights whatsoever for the Commonwealth Games. The prestigious sporting event makes its return to Scotland this summer. Live TV and digital media rights to the Games, last staged in Birmingham in 2022, had already been snapped up...