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Day: February 12, 2020

PRESS SHOULD NOT BE HI-JACKED BY FAKE NEWS

February 12, 2020 heaneymedia

Editors welcome assurances of protection for a free press Baroness Nicky Morgan and Home Secretary Priti Patel. The Society of Editors has welcomed the assurances

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PERMA STINK LEADS TO CAFE CLOSURE DECISION

February 12, 2020 heaneymedia

he thought the permission should be refused since people who lived there – in a row of flats with back gardens where residents could relax and enjoy their leisure time – were entitled not to have to put up with the strong cooking smells from the café.

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PEARSE DOHERTY IS LEADING SINN FEIN NEGOTIATOR

February 12, 2020 heaneymedia

The party’s chief negotiator in attempts to form an administration, Pearse Doherty, said it has “reached out” to the Greens, Solidarity-People Before Profit, Social Democrats and Labour.

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IMPORTANT WEDDING DATE FOR BRIAN AND SAM

February 12, 2020 heaneymedia

Weddings are made possible on-site by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Healthcare Chaplaincy service, who provide spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families.

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£500 MILLION CUT TO SNP LEGAL AID BUDGET ‘APPALLING’

February 12, 2020 heaneymedia

Dumbarton Constituency MSP Jackie Baillie said: “The scale of the cuts to the legal aid budget over the SNP’s time in power has been catastrophic and the prospect of vulnerable people in Dumbarton, Vale of Leven, Helensburgh and Lomond being denied legal aid due to these cuts, is appalling.

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

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

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

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

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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