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Why are ‘Scottish media’ not reporting murder rate in Scotland as it falls to lowest ever level?

Summary by Reporting Scotland Up (Talking-Up Scotland II)
Professor John Robertson OBA Think about that – 44 murders in Scotland last year, down from 58 the previous year, the lowest ever, ever, on record. There were more than twice as many, 95, in 2010/2011, only 3 years after Labour left government. It was 126 in 2002, nearly three times higher. Front page news surely? BBC Scotland only has this, from yesterday: Women arrested after alleged Inverness murder bid Trying searching? Surely some media are…
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Reporting Scotland Up (Talking-Up Scotland II) broke the news in on Thursday, June 26, 2025.
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