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Day: November 9, 2018

MEDIA and PRESS FREEDOM

November 9, 2018 heaneymedia

Brexit-hating media is a ‘problem’ in restoring public trust, editors told Paul Dacre speaking to the Society of Editors in Manchester. The inability of the

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Health matters

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Baillie criticises waiting time targets for appointments and tests By Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde have failed to meet their own target for

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EUROPEAN FOOTBALL

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Pictures by Bill Heaney There’s a first time for everything. Tonight I am going to roll the reports of both the Celtic and Rangers games

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ARMISTICE DAY

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Kirk established after WWI is holding service 100 years since the Armistice Communion table with a display of poppies from the ‘Blood swept land and

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • LOCAL WOMEN BEING ‘LEFT IN LIMBO’ AS FOUR-YEAR WAITS FOR HYSTERECTOMY
  • MIDNIGHT FRIDAY: Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base …
  • New childcare support will save Ministry of Defence families up to £6000 a year …
  • UK allows US to use British bases to strike sites targeting Strait of Hormuz
  • Solicitor General warns against parents sleeping in same bed as babies …
  • Andy White and David Smith to stand for Reform UK in Clydebank and Dumbarton

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LOCAL WOMEN BEING ‘LEFT IN LIMBO’ AS FOUR-YEAR WAITS FOR HYSTERECTOMY

LOCAL WOMEN BEING ‘LEFT IN LIMBO’ AS FOUR-YEAR  WAITS FOR HYSTERECTOMY

 by Lucy Ashton Dumbarton, Helensburgh and Lomond MSP Jackie Baillie has accused the SNP of “risking women’s health” after new figures revealed waits of up

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MIDNIGHT FRIDAY: Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base …

MIDNIGHT FRIDAY: Iranian man arrested trying to enter Faslane nuclear base …

by Iona Young, BBC Scotland News Additional reporting by Bill Heaney An Iranian man has been arrested with a woman after trying to enter the HM

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New childcare support will save Ministry of Defence families up to £6000 a year …

New childcare support will save Ministry of Defence families up to £6000 a year …

New Defence scheme to transform support for forces families with young children will be rolled out from September Defence Secretary John Healey pictured with a

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UK allows US to use British bases to strike sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

UK allows US to use British bases to strike sites targeting Strait of Hormuz

Pictured above: An Israeli self-propelled howitzer artillery gun fires rounds towards southern Lebanon from a position in the upper Galilee in northern Israel near the

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Solicitor General warns against parents sleeping in same bed as babies …

Solicitor General warns against parents sleeping in same bed as babies …

by Bill Heaney Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC is urging professionals to share advice on safer sleeping for babies. This follows a review of deaths

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Andy White and David Smith to stand for Reform UK in Clydebank and Dumbarton

Andy White and David Smith to stand for Reform UK in Clydebank and Dumbarton

Pictured is Andy White (fourth from right) at turn of the century event in West Dunbartonshire with Labour colleagues. by Bill Heaney The notorious bully

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LibDem Greene comments on Lord Offord’s car crash BBC interview

LibDem Greene comments on Lord Offord’s car crash BBC interview

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP has today said that Lord Malcolm Offord and Reform “should be nowhere near politics or power”,

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Health Board earns national recognition for advancing gender equality in the workplace

Health Board earns national recognition for advancing gender equality in the workplace

by Bill Heaney NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has become Scotland’s first health board to be recognised for its work to address the causes of

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