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Day: December 17, 2019

BUILDERS GIVEN PRIVILEGED ACCESS TO TOP CIVIL SERVANTS

December 17, 2019 heaneymedia

Lobbyists acting for the housing industry have demanded continued Help to Buy (HTB) subsidies from the Scottish Government, despite criticism that the cash simply inflates house prices and benefits large house builders, The Ferret can reveal.

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EARLY LEARNING EXPANSION AND CARE HOURS ON TRACK

December 17, 2019 heaneymedia

Moves to expand Early Learning and Childcare and implement 1140 hours of funded ELC in Argyll and Bute by August 2020 are on schedule, Argyll and Bute Council’s Community Services Committee has confirmed.

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REMEMBER TO BUY KENNETH ROY’S NEW BOOK

December 17, 2019 heaneymedia

  Scottish Review is back with a special edition on Friday. If you have any comments on the issues raised in this week’s SR, please

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FESTIVE GUIDE TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH

December 17, 2019 heaneymedia

As well as presents wrapped up under the Christmas tree and the turkey in the oven everyone should also have a copy of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s winter guide or available on online at http://www.nhsggc.org.uk/kwttt

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POLICE SCOTLAND DOWN TO LAST FEW COPPERS

December 17, 2019 heaneymedia

Responding to the 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Police Authority, Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP said:

“The SNP’s botched centralisation means roles and remits have been murky from day one, turbocharging the revolving door to the top brass’ offices.

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YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

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Nice to see someone has kept their sense of humour in the trying circumstances in which the people at the end of the phone are

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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

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View this email in your browser Autumn is fully upon us 🍂 October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading

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Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival by Liam O’Heanai A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art

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October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

Pix by Pedro

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HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

Locals said the new supermarket would affect the town’s character and was not needed 15 October 2026 by Bill Heaney A controversial plan to site

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INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

parkswatchscotland by Nick Kempe An application for planning permission to the Loch Lomond Park Authority for a new access track to Honeypot Farm and Honeywagon

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POPE LEO’S HEALTH LATEST: A reluctance to speculate among lung disease specialists

POPE LEO’S HEALTH LATEST: A reluctance to speculate among lung disease specialists

by BRENDAN WALSH, Editor of The Tablet religion magazine I’ve been struck by the humility of the many medics I’ve spoken to about Pope Leo’s

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Monty’s Farm Park: MONTY CARDROSS TO MEET SANTA AT ARDARDAN

Monty’s Farm Park: MONTY CARDROSS TO MEET SANTA AT ARDARDAN

MEETING SANTA! A very special part of our Santa’s Elves Workshop is getting to meet the big man himself!  When you arrive, you’ll head into

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