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Day: April 6, 2020

VIRUS: PRAISE FOR HOME CARER CATHY SWEENEY

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“She was a caring and generous person, especially when it came to her time, having dedicated over twenty years of her life as a home carer to unfailingly serving the needs of the most vulnerable in society.”

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PRIME MINISTER MOVED TO INTENSIVE CARE UNIT

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Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care 8.30pm on Monday, April 6 By Bill Heaney Prime Minister Boris Johnson, pictured left,  has been moved to

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CON ARTISTS WHO RIP OFF VITAL VIRUS PROTECTION SUPPLIES

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As we hear reports of aprons, gloves and other vital personal protection equipment designed to protect workers being stolen or locked away by manufacturers, suppliers and unscrupulous  people connected with hospitals and healthcare, this song by Frances Black came to mind:

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ELEVEN DEATHS IN 10 DAYS AT LOCAL CARE HOME

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“This letter raises serious concerns over the actions of management at Castleview Care Home, which may well have had tragic repercussions for residents and their families.

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BILL HEANEY’S NOTEBOOK ON THE STURGEON PRESS CONFERENCE

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Tom Gordon, political editor of the Herald, got it in one when he described the handling of the sacking – was it a sacking or

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MAN’S BODY FOUND ON PENINSULA SHORE

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Police Scotland can confirm that the body of a man was found on the shore between Rosneath Point, Rosneath and Kilcreggan around 12.10pm on Sunday, 5 April, 2020.

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REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

by Bill Heaney UK Reform leader Malcolm Offord today criticised increases to the minimum wage and improvements to workers’ rights across the UK. Scottish Labour

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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