If confirmed, the hike will take peers’ daily allowance up from £313 to £323, meaning an annual tax-free income of more than £48,000 for a member attending for the typical 150 days the Upper House sits each year. … More WESTMINSTER ELITE CONTINUE TO FILL THEIR BOOTS
Healthcare bosses clearly know services can no longer rely on goodwill to stay afloat, and that many of their staff are at breaking point. … More UNISON HEAD SAYS HEALTH AND CARE OF ELDERLY STARVED OF CASH
As well as raising concerns about cost, Campbell suggested the scheme would have to look to prevent a black market in period products. … More PERIOD POVERTY PRODUCTS COULD BE SOLD ON
LRB Winter Lectures 2020 Is it OK to have children? Lectures & discussions / Research event / 14 Feb 2020 Book LRB Winter Lectures 2020: Meehan Crist | Is it OK to have children? Event information 14 Feb 2020 18.30 – 19.45 BP Lecture Theatre British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3DG Price £12 £10 (Members) £10 … More LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS LECTURES IN FEBRUARY
McNamara won four league titles during a 10-year spell with Celtic and former team-mates, clubs and the wider Scottish football community have been sending messages of support as he fights for his life. … More CELT JACKIE McNAMARA FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE
Patterns in particular are believed to have a positive effect on mood, provoking cheerful and happy thoughts which can have an energising effect on those viewing them. … More TEXTILE DESIGNS BRING HAPPY THOUGHTS
The Gang’s All Here … Brucehill team … soccer players and singers … (back row left to right) are Henry Severeide, Brian McGoldrick, Donnie Wilson, John Brennan, Joe Mulvenna. Front Robert Cole, Bill Heaney and John McGrogan. Thanks to Jim Crosthwaite for repairing the photograph. Cathie and Billy (Coke) Heaney, Mr and Mrs Poddy Barnes … More BRUCEHILL GANG’S ALL HERE 60 YEARS AGO
They awarded first prize to Jamie Braidwood, pictured, 22, a student at Edinburgh Napier University, for his investigation, ‘Why isn’t football taking concussion more seriously?’ … More FOOTBALLERS SHOULD KEEP THE HIGH BALLS LOW
And now the Ibrox club, who say they couldn’t comment on the case earlier at risk of compromising a police investigation, have now made it clear that they believe some of what has been written to be unacceptable and even offered to put some journalists through a course in sectarianism and racism. … More RANGERS CLAIM MEDIA STIRS UP SECTARIANISM
There have already been flurries of snow, biting cold winds and heavy rain in Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire. … More SNOW AND BITING WINDS IN WEST DUNBARTON
