Month: December 2018

Cosla President: This budget could put the final nail into our communities Scotland has a long and proud tradition of delivering high quality public services

Lots of local groups are ready to help with Food Banks over the holiday period. And the dates for the payments for Universal Credit are

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Teacher numbers down and post holiday strike looms in local schools By Bill Heaney Local secondary schools are facing a serious teacher shortage. But West

ScotFail – public sector may be called in to end railway services shambles By Bill Heaney Fed-up First Minister Nicola Sturgeon found herself pushed to

Poet Tom Leonard dies, aged 74 Poet and “giant” of Scottish literature Tom Leonard has died at aged 74. Famed for writing in the Glaswegian