There's Just So Many To Choose From

A Fife town has been selected for an undesirable architectural prize for its "depressed investment-starved centre". Glenrothes has been named the most dismal place in Scotland in the 2009 Carbuncles Awards. It beat off stiff competition from Motherwell in Lanarkshire and New Cumnock in Ayrshire.

There's Far Too Many To Count?

The Scottish Government is refusing to hand over details of the drug problem in Scotland, effectively "blocking" a UK-wide policy that would force drug addicts to seek help or lose benefits. Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell says it is unacceptable for taxpayers' money to be effectively handed straight to drug dealers across Britain. Purnell claims that when UK officials tried to find out how many crack and heroin addicts were on benefits in Scotland, they were denied the information by the Scottish Government.

Oh How I Smile...

As promised, the latest offering from our guest Scottish Rhyming Poetry expert:

This rhyme is for you father
On your special day
For it contains all the words
That I wish to say

You care for me you nurtured me
And taught me how to grow
Into the person I am today
Grateful from head to toe

And during the times of my life
When I buried my head in the sand
You taught me how to stand up tall
And guided me with a gentle hand

So on this special occasion
The least that I can do
Is give to you this birthday poem
To show that I love you

Who Said The Scots Were Tight?

NHS Orkney are struggling with a deficit of almost half a million pounds for the last financial year and bosses are trying to save £3million. As a result, the mortuary of Balfour Hospital in Kirkwall has levied a charge of £30 plus VAT to view bodies in a hospital mortuary.