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Day: March 24, 2018

Health

March 24, 2018 heaneymedia

Over 50 operations cancelled in one month because the RAH couldn’t cope The scale of SNP mismanagement of the health service has been exposed, Jackie

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Courts

March 24, 2018 heaneymedia

MP accused of failing to pass donations to charity food bank Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry appeared in court yesterday charged with ­embezzling more than

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£100,000 reward for information

March 24, 2018 heaneymedia

Family desperate to find missing Lisa    Reward offer over missing Scottish woman Lisa Brown The desperately worried family of a Vale of Leven woman who

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Religion

March 24, 2018 heaneymedia

Young people drifting away from religion New figures concerning the religiosity of Europe’s young people have been published in a report prepared by Stephen Bullivant for the

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The DEMOCRAT

March 24, 2018 heaneymedia

SNP ‘hypocrisy’ on trade unions and workers’ rights Local MSP Jackie Baillie accused SNP councillors in West Dunbartonshire Council of trying to ‘out-Tory the Tories’

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Arts and Culture

March 24, 2018 heaneymedia

Calum McClure exhibition  – Somewhere Becoming Rain IN his first major solo exhibition with the Glasgow Print Studio, Calum McClure explores ideas of place, transience

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Catholic Church set to go back to the future by embracing laity and women
  • SALMON: Application for large salmon farm beside wild salmon rivers in Connemara ‘flawed’
  • RELIGION: Scottish Church responds to Pope’s Synod call

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BAILLIE’S RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION ON LOMOND BANKS (FLAMINGOLAND) PROPOSAL

BAILLIE’S RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION ON LOMOND BANKS (FLAMINGOLAND) PROPOSAL

Jackie Baillie, PICTURED,  has demanded that residents’ concerns are taken into account in considering whether to grant planning permission to Lomond Banks for their planned

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Public views invited on proposed changes to Loch Lomond Byelaws

Public views invited on proposed changes to Loch Lomond Byelaws

A public consultation has been launched to gather views on proposed changes to byelaws managing safe and responsible use of Loch Lomond. Loch Lomond &

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CASH CRISIS: Leader’s plea over £14m Council funding crisis

CASH CRISIS: Leader’s plea over £14m Council funding crisis

COUNCIL Leader Martin Rooney, PICTURED,  has delivered a stark warning about the funding crisis facing local authorities, with an estimated £14 million budget gap looming

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SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Catholic Church set to go back to the future by embracing laity and women

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Catholic Church set to go back to the future by embracing laity and women

Scotland may follow as it often does the Catholic Church in Ireland as the decline in priest numbers means a significant chapter in the life

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SALMON: Application for large salmon farm beside wild salmon rivers in Connemara ‘flawed’

SALMON: Application for large salmon farm beside wild salmon rivers in Connemara ‘flawed’

Environment Fisheries body cites studies showing negative impacts of salmon farms primarily due to sea lice infestations from aquaculture By Kevin O’Sullivan in the Irish

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RELIGION: Scottish Church responds to Pope’s Synod call

RELIGION: Scottish Church responds to Pope’s Synod call

The Catholic Church in Scotland has submitted its response to the call from Pope Francis, pictured, in 2021 to participate in a two-year process called

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FASCISM CLAIMS: Nicola Sturgeon condemns ‘disgraceful’ abuse hurled at journalist 

FASCISM CLAIMS: Nicola Sturgeon condemns ‘disgraceful’ abuse hurled at journalist 

BBC Scotland’s James Cook was targeted with a barrage of abuse by pro-independence protesters outside the Conservative leadership hustings. STV News is reporting that protesters

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ORAL HEALTH MATTERS: Dental procedures crater as SNP abandon NHS dentistry 

ORAL HEALTH MATTERS: Dental procedures crater as SNP abandon NHS dentistry 

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, RIGHT, has today accused the SNP of abandoning NHS dentistry as new figures showed that the

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