Record View says it’s time we paid attention – because we have no idea how bad it really is
Every year, millions of tons of raw sewage gets dumped into our rivers – and, frankly, we’re in the dark about the scale of the problem.Now he’s doing the same in Scotland, as we reveal today – warning the situation up here could be even worse.Stats show the equivalent of 14,000 Olympic swimming pools of human waste was spewed into Scottish waters via storm drains in 2021… that we know of.
And staggeringly, we only monitor four per cent of our storm drains in the first place – compared with an 89 per cent coverage rate south of the Border. That is a significant moment in the history of devolution – and arguably as much a landmark as Humza Yousaf becoming the first Muslim First Minster.The average age of the new Cabinet is just 44. It’s welcome to see some new faces have been promoted.Too many departments – including vital areas like health and education – have seemed stuck in a rut in recent years.
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