GLASTONBURY is cancelled for a second year.
A UK Government scientific advisor has suggested that it might be too dangerous to re-open pubs and restaurants in England “earlier than May”.
And release of the new James Bond film has just been delayed, for a third time, until October.
If we came into 2021 with a sense of ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ optimism, it is fair to say that has ebbed away somewhat with the dawning realisation that the journey back to genuine normality is going to be a long haul.
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Vaccines, hailed a Holy Grail to end the pandemic, have become a source of frustration amid accusations that Scotland’s rollout is lagging behind other parts of the UK.
Is that fair?
The percentage of the population vaccinated in Scotland is the lowest of the four UK nations (Source: Travelling Tabby, data updated January 22)
On paper,…
