A lonely choice

News that from next week (24 October) an emergency outof-hours service for homeless people in Glasgow won’t open through the night on Tuesdays and Wednesdays should worry us all.

The Hamish Allan Centre, where people go at the lowest point of their lives to look for a warm and safe bed for the night, will no longer have a person on-hand but will ask homeless people to call a telephone number for help. As someone with first-hand experience of homelessness, I can