SOME PEOPLE are never happy. It seems that BBC Scotland staff are not content with the traffic flow over the squinty bridge across the Clyde which seems to have been designed with the sole intention of taking people from the West End (say Queen Margaret Drive) to Pacific Quay (yes, the BBC's shiny new HQ to be).

No, they are now apparently requesting a minibus to be laid on that takes them from the old building to the new one. The dears have clearly never heard of the good old Subway and its quick journey from either Hillhead or Kelvinbridge to Cessnock. If not, we're sure their former colleague Bob Wylie can tell them all about it.

500 miles AWAy ... IN LONDON It would not be appropriate for us to criticise other Sunday newspapers....

So we shall certainly not mention the Sports Watch TV preview in the Sunday Telegraph Seven magazine last week which said: "Wednesday is Alex McLeish's first game in charge of Scotland and it doesn't look like being the easiest task: away to 2006's World Cup winners in Italy."

(So who was that tall red-headed figure in the manager's box at Scotland's game last Saturday against Georgia then? Perhaps the Sunday Tel could investigate.) Nor shall we mention the letter in The Sunday Times Travel section last week: which read: "I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more (with my brother). Where can I do this please?" And it was signed, yes, by Charlie Reid, Leith.

Perhaps the Sunday Times staff are unfamiliar with the output of the Leith boys Charlie and Craig Reid, aka The Proclaimers. Or should we be lauding the ST for its innovation: a letters page you can sing.

MORE FROM LES One of Les Snowdon's early moves as editor of Scotland on Sunday was to move the Paul Stokes column from pride of place at the top of the back page of section one of the main paper. The PS column was not only moved but cut in half size-wise. Now it seems that the diminutive Stokes has been axed altogether as Snowdon has shaken up the comment section of the paper.

Meanwhile, rumours reach the MediaWatch bunker of another re-jig at SoS. Apparently the the reviews section of the paper is to be turned into a magazine .. as it once was before, yonks ago.

DEPUTY WANTED The changing faces, changing places game that has been played by all of Scotland's banks' PR departments is now being hosted by Lloyds TSB Scotland. Glen McGill, senior media relations manager for Scotland and the north of England is recruiting a deputy, following the departure of Craig McGill (no relation) who is now with Beattie Media.

Glen is seeking someone to handle media relations across all areas of the bank from retail banking to corporate, with a salary of up to £35,000.

GONGS APLENTY Congratulations to Michael Tierney of The Herald who won the feature writer of the year gong in the British Press Awards, and to one-time Evening Times journalist Jan Moir who was voted Interviewer of the Year for her insightful and entertaining interviews in the Daily Telegraph.

Congrats, too, to Evening Times editor Donald Martin, who picked up the top award of Regional Newspaper of the Year at the Newspaper Society's Circulation, Editorial and Promotions Awards.

Well done also to The Herald and Times, which picked up 14 out of 34 gongs in the Newsquest UK awards - including one for best newsprint supplement for our own monthly supplement, Fresh.