April 21, 2019 – THE DEMOCRAT

PRIMARY SCHOOL TESTS SHOULD BE SCRAPPED, SAYS EIS

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Standardised testing is insult to teachers and will cause anxiety By Jim Halfpenny of the EIS Despite the claims of the SNP Government that standardised

TOWER CINEMA EASTER PROGRAMMES

April 21, 2019 heaneymedia

WHY ARE OUR OLD FOLK HIDDEN AWAY IN THE HILLS?

April 21, 2019 heaneymedia

Langcraigs Home at Gooseholm being torn down at the weekend. Pictures by Raymond Stewart, Bill Heaney and Tom Gardiner By Bill Heaney It’s Easter. Not just

Fantastic range of free sport and physical activity programmes this summer …

West Dunbartonshire Council Summer of Sport 2026 is delivered in partnership with Sportscotland and funded by the Scottish Government and will offer a fantastic range

WORLD FAMOUS OMEY STRAND RACES IN CONNEMARA ON AUGUST 2

Aughrus Peninsula in Connemara The world-famed OMEY RACES – an afternoon of pony racing and fun, around a course on Omey Strand – takes place

Dogs-for-sale website complains to Irish Senate over puppy farms allegations …

Dogs.ie, owned by Synora Technologies, raised concerns that the ‘repeated use of parliamentary proceedings’ was levelling serious assertions about its business. by Marie O’Halloran in

Delays only serve to give abuse victims very little confidence in laws designed to protect them

Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and justice spokesperson Yi-pei Chou Turvey. by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton and party justice spokesperson

National Park Authority Approves Loch Long for Major Tourism Redevelopment

Arrochar’s shore filty with sewage and protestors including Jackie Baillie MSP and former environment sercretary Roseanna Cunningham. by Bill Heaney Loch Long is possibly the

What you need to know as ScotRail starts charging ticket dodgers minimum £10 fare

ScotRail will charge ticket dodgers a minimum £10 fare. By Claire Thomson of BBC Scotland ScotRail has started charging ticket dodgers a minimum £10 fare

UK fighter jets scrambled to intercept Russian aircraft near flagship carrier …

A Russian ‘Bear F’ aircraft ‘repeatedly approached’ the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier before dropping a ‘large number’ of tracking devices into the water

AMBULANCES STUCK FOR “HOURS ON END” WARNS DUMBARTON MSP BAILLIE

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Labour has warned that patients are being let down as new figures show that ambulances are still being forced to wait

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