NATIONAL NEWS AND OPINION FROM A LOCAL PERSPECTIVE
Living Advent Calendars are a community project that happen at Christmas time, originating in Sweden and have now spread throughout the World . The idea is that residents from 24 homes in a street or community to decorate and illuminate a window or windows with festive decoration(s) and lights in December.
Transcendence is a millefeuille term conveying layered and diverse nuances, from the first openness of human awareness towards the outside world, to the ultimate affirmation of and commitment to a loving and infinite Transcendent. Patrick Masterson has devoted his philosophical career to reflection upon the unfathomable nature of the latter, seeking to decipher instances and images of transcendence within the realm of limited human experience.
Police in Helensburgh are appealing for information following a fatal road traffic collision near Faslane. The incident happened around 12pm on Monday 2 December, 2019, when a red Kia Sorrento car collided with a lorry on the B872. A 76-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been made aware.
The Scottish Liberal Democrats have unveiled their candidate to fight the West Dunbartonshire seat in the General Election on December 12. Jenni Lang is taking on the sitting incumbent, Martin Docherty Hughes of the SNP; Jean Anne Mitchell, of the Labour Party; Conservative Party nomination Alix Mathieson, Peter Connolly of the Green Party, and Independent, anti-corruption candidate Andrew Muir. Jenni Lang has worked in communications for over 20 years, with extensive experience in PR, community relations and public affairs.
MSP Anas Sarwar, who has called for the current health board leadership to be removed, said the chief executive was “ultimately responsible for the rotten culture of fear and intimidation at this hospital”. He said: “It should never have taken brave whistle-blowers to come forward for this scandal to emerge. Without them, parents would still be in the dark. “While senior managers remain in place there is a risk the investigation will be compromised, which is why they should be moved aside – as would surely have happened in a criminal investigation if this was in the private sector. “With another tragic death at the hospital reported in recent days, parents, patients and the public deserve urgent answers about what has gone so catastrophically wrong at the QEUH.”
It was almost a month since Guy Fawkes night, but loud bangs were booming out over Barloan on Monday night. At first we thought it was gunfire; that someone or something was being shot at. However, then we saw brightly-coloured stars lighting up the sky, which was some comfort to us. We knew that the usual suspects were at it again. People with money to burn who don’t give a care for their elderly neighbours or pets.