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Day: January 20, 2019

SCOTLAND IN 2050

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

What would independence look like and where would our priorities lie? By Bill Heaney What would an independent Scotland look like? What would our priorities

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FLAMINGOLAND FEARS

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

Residents show concern as power cables head for Flamingoland site By Bill Heaney Questions are being asked in Vale of Leven about a new power

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PEERS COST US £2 million

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

£2m cost of Scotland’s peers sparks call for reforms of House of Lords The Duke of Montrose and his coat of arms; Lord Alcluith in

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MEMORY LANE

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Co-operative Choir Catherine McMenamin Walters owns this photograph of the Dumbarton Cooperative Choir- “We travelled to Paisley every year and we won this shield probably

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TV LICENCE FEES

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

BBC & S4C The BBC agreed to fund the licence fees for the over-75s during its last charter funding process. This will cost more than

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WEATHER FORECAST

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Snow on Ben Lomond Weather women Lucy Versamy and Carol Kirkwood and Ben Lomond. By Lizzie Healey Cold weather ‘is here to stay for now’

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JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

By PETER DIAMOND THE Irish Voice was treated to an evening reception at the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh to celebrate the newspaper’s 10th anniversary. On

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Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election     

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have won the Girvan and South Carrick by–election, gaining the seat from the SNP.   South Ayrshire resident Alan Lamont becomes

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School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

By Lucy Ashton Strikes that will close schools across Scotland are set to go ahead after UNISON unsurprisingly rejected a new pay deal which the

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DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

By Bill Heaney Getting a straight answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament can often be like pulling teeth. And so it was when

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PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison and Labour leader Anas Sarwar By Bill Heaney The consultation on the council tax multiplier is looking at how we

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HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

Lynn Smith discovered that she had kidney failure two years after giving birth to her now 17-year-old daughter, Erin. Five years later she had a

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Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Price of drink up again as SNP roll out a 65p minimum unit price The Scottish Government wants to ‘hit responsible drinkers during a cost-of-living

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COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

They are now ‘demanding’ strike suspension as ‘best and final’ offer made Most primary and secondary schools in Scotland face closures from Tuesday, September 26,

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