PhD placement students, Andrew Booth and Rowan Campbell, write: In the second episode of Linguistics at the Library, Andrew and Rowan discuss some of the differences between regional accents and ‘RP’ (Received Pronunciation), and why people might feel that they have to change the way they speak to work in… read more
NHS A&E waiting times have hit the worst levels on record. This is yet more evidence of the growing crisis in our health and social care services, where staff are being put under great pressure and quality of care for … read more
Residents recently raised with me the fact that the street lighting in parts of the Hawkhill by-pass (near Blackness Primary School) and West Port was not on in the morning when it was still dark.I am grateful to the Street Lighting Partnership who pro… read more
I am glad David Davis objects to the language of the EU paper. I trust he also objects to the following in it “The UK may not become bound by international agreements entered into in its own capacity in the areas of exclusive competence of the Union……. read more
As I have reported before, the Bank of England has been tightening money conditions for sometime because it wishes to slow the UK economy. It has recently increased the base rate to 0.5%. It used macro prudential policy to seek to rein in consumer cre… read more