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Day: June 20, 2020

TRAGEDY AS THREE CHILDREN DIE IN HOUSE BLAZE

June 20, 2020 heaneymedia

Fiona Gibson, 12, and her brothers Alexander, eight, and Philip, five, died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.

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HEAPING MISERY ON DESPAIR FOR SINGLE MOTHERS

June 20, 2020 heaneymedia

The UK government must step in to prevent single parent families “drowning in poverty” because their child maintenance payments have stopped in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been claimed.

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TRIBUTE TO A WONDERFUL LADY

June 20, 2020 heaneymedia

So great was her public profile that she starred in three films between 1942 and 1944. They traded on Lynn’s persona, to the extent that We’ll Meet Again and Rhythm Serenade borrowed titles of her songs.

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BACK TO SCHOOL PLANS DRAWN UP IN MAY WILL BE DISCARDED COME AUGUST

June 20, 2020 heaneymedia

Are all the guidelines about to be tossed overboard and schools going to be allowed to return to “normal” as they were before lockdown in March.

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PROTESTERS CLAIM POLICE FAILED TO PROTECT THEM

June 20, 2020 heaneymedia

Police did not protect ‘terrified’ refugees at protest from far right attacks, organisers claim Investigation by Karin Goodwin of the Ferret Refugee organisers of a

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  • Gorbals church makes ‘difficult’ change as three priests leave city
  • STOP PRESS: TWO HUNDRED OFFICERS FROM POLICE SCOTLAND HAVE BEEN DRAFTED INTO NORTHERN IRELAND
  • Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

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Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, warn Police Scotland

Violence against women and girls is a national emergency, warn Police Scotland

28 September 2026 A new digital advert calls on men to be role models to help counter the toxic social media manosphere and reduce violence

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Greens call on Scottish government for review of policing agreement with Northern Ireland

Greens call on Scottish government for review of policing agreement with Northern Ireland

Scottish Greens previously wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice to raise concerns Church at Drumcree – starting point for the planned Orange Procession. by

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MARRA CALLS FOR LABOUR CONFERENCE TO BACK EMERGENCY MOTION CONDEMNING GCC FIRE AND REHIRE

MARRA CALLS FOR LABOUR CONFERENCE TO BACK EMERGENCY MOTION CONDEMNING GCC FIRE AND REHIRE

by BILL HEANEY Michael Marra has said today that the pause to fire and rehire “isn’t good enough,” as he calls on delegates to the

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Gorbals church makes ‘difficult’ change as three priests leave city

Gorbals church makes ‘difficult’ change as three priests leave city

Three priests will leave the John Duns Scotus church as the Irish Franciscans who have been in the Gorbals since 1866 prepare to leave Sarah

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STOP PRESS: TWO HUNDRED OFFICERS FROM POLICE SCOTLAND HAVE BEEN DRAFTED INTO NORTHERN IRELAND

STOP PRESS: TWO HUNDRED OFFICERS FROM POLICE SCOTLAND HAVE BEEN DRAFTED INTO NORTHERN IRELAND

by BILL HEANEY A High Court judge banned members of the Orange Order from parading down the predominantly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland

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Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

There were no Rangers fans at Sunday’s Scottish Premiership game at Celtic Park by LUCY ASHTON Celtic and Rangers have appealed against the Scottish FA

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No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

The 34-year-old had been arrested at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, in March. by LUCY ASHTON No action is to be taken against an

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Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

by BILL HEANEY Dumbarton’s Reform Party MSP David Smith has asked the Scottish Government, “in light of its commitment to a 16 per cent increase

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