The Scotsman Bulletin Friday December 13 2024 #Strictly

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Dale speaks to feature writer Janet Christie about her Strictly Come Dancing interview and coverage of our Christmas campaign with the Cyrenians

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00:00Hello, and welcome to the Scotsman's Daily Video Bulletin for this Friday.

00:04My name is Dale Miller.

00:05I'm the Deputy Editor of the Scotsman, and I'm joined by Janet Christie,

00:10our award-winning Features Specialist Writer.

00:13Janet, I'm going to talk to you about a couple of things that you've been

00:16working on shortly, but firstly, front page of today's Scotsman.

00:23And we let on teachers again.

00:25There is a breakthrough deal to restore teacher numbers confirmation earlier

00:29this week. 621 posts were cut.

00:33The Scottish Government has effectively offered money back to councils,

00:37including some that have been withheld around teacher numbers.

00:40But as Calum Ross, our Education Correspondent writes, this deal is

00:44already at risk of unravelling.

00:48You can read that full story at scotsman.com.

00:51A bit to play out there.

00:53It's been a week where we've heard lots of concerns about the state of

00:57the education system as well.

01:00The fact that the numbers of additional support needs students as well has

01:04hit a record, obviously requiring additional staffing, etc.

01:09to cater for those children across the system as well.

01:14Janet, firstly, we're heading into the weekend.

01:19A lot of our viewers would know it's strictly final time on Saturday, and

01:24you were lucky enough to sit down with one of the contestants from this

01:27year to talk through all things about the show.

01:31Yes, Dale, that's right.

01:32We spoke to Dr Poonam Krishan, the Glasgow GP, who's danced out of her

01:36kitchen and onto the Strictly Dance Floor, Scotland's own dancing queen.

01:40So she was able to give us a sneak peek into behind the scenes at Strictly

01:45and what it's really like away from the cameras.

01:49And she also told us about how it fitted into being a GP.

01:53And what she took from being a GP onto the dance floor and what she took from

01:58the dance floor back into being a GP.

02:00So some of the behind the scenes stuff was really interesting, like all the

02:05sparkles and glitter and sequins in between the dances when they're up

02:10talking to Claudia.

02:11There are giant hoovers that come down and other things.

02:16I don't want to spoil it all, but they're Strictly snacks.

02:19So you can find out what those are.

02:21And she got a special souvenir to take home.

02:24And also her tips for the final, which is six o'clock tomorrow.

02:28Her favourites are Chris McCausland and Sarah Hadland, who were her

02:34pals on the show.

02:35And they used to sit and have cups of tea and say, how are we really doing?

02:39And, you know, are we really awful?

02:41Are we really coping?

02:43So that was interesting.

02:45It was good.

02:45She was good to speak to.

02:47And also the fact she talked about how she did the first Bollywood number,

02:52which sort of broadened it out from traditional Strictly dances and dance

02:57to the Bolly, you know, the song and the film is Cabby Cushy Cabby Gam.

03:03Hope I said that right.

03:04And the number is Bolly Chudier, the song.

03:06So she was really excited to do that.

03:08And it just gives it a wider appeal.

03:12Janet, Chris, the runaway bookie's favourite for the weekend.

03:16So it will be interesting to see if he gets up, has done some amazing

03:21dances throughout the series.

03:23Just away from that, you have also been out on the streets in Edinburgh.

03:29We are running a Christmas campaign.

03:31I've spoken about this previously on the bulletin in conjunction with

03:34the Serenians.

03:36It's basically to help support those who are homeless on our streets,

03:39heading into Christmas and the festive period to try and give them

03:42whatever support is possible.

03:45Janet, you talked to some people that are involved on the ground

03:48effectively trying to help some of these people.

03:51Can you talk me through that?

03:53Yeah, we went out on the streets.

03:54We went on the streets of Edinburgh with Nick Harold and Mark Diver,

03:58who are Serenians homeless navigators.

04:01And what they do is walk the streets.

04:04They know where people are, where they're spending their days and

04:08their nights.

04:08And what they're trying to do in Serenians is trying to do is help

04:13people access the services that they can get to help them get off

04:17the streets and to deal with the problem in the first place.

04:21Because the numbers are increasing.

04:23Anybody that walks around Edinburgh or any of our cities in Scotland

04:26and towns will see that the numbers of people sleeping rough and

04:31also who are also the numbers of homeless as well, not just rough

04:34sleepers, but are increasing.

04:36And they're trying to deal with that because they make the point

04:39that homeless people don't exist in the bubble.

04:41They're part of society.

04:43And, you know, we all need to be doing something to help deal with

04:48it.

04:49So they very much see that homelessness is a much bigger problem

04:54than rough sleeping.

04:55But that is the sharp end and that's where they're dealing with

04:59it on the streets.

05:01And the figures, as we previously reported earlier in the campaign

05:06for Edinburgh, it's a particular problem area in the capital, which

05:10has seen a significant spike in homelessness.

05:13The figures are up across the country, but certainly the problem

05:18in Edinburgh is particularly acute and something that Serenians

05:21and their staff and volunteers on the ground are trying to help

05:25with. If you can at all, I would encourage you to donate that

05:29cause to try and help people that won't have it as well across

05:33the Christmas and the festive period.

05:35You can read Janet's piece as well as watch a video from her

05:39interviews as well at Scotsman.com.

05:42You can also read other pieces in the campaign and we'll be

05:46running a big Strictly interview on the website from Saturday.

05:50You can also find it in your Scotsman magazine running in

05:54Saturday's paper as well.

05:56Janet, thank you very much for joining us.

05:59Thank you to everyone else for watching at home and come to us

06:02for all the very latest in news.

06:05Thanks.

06:09Bye.

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