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Day: August 22, 2020

Scotland’s biggest landowner demands £6m for community buyout of moorland

August 22, 2020 heaneymedia

In order to use the land to the benefit of the population at large, donations are required so the loot can be transferred to the ample coffers of Buccleuch Estates.

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RIP OFF RATS SOUGHT BY POLICE IN OK

August 22, 2020 heaneymedia

Detectives at Clydebank have released images of two men they wish to speak to as they believe they may be able to help with their enquiries in relation to a bogus caller incident which occurred between Monday, 3 August, 2020 and Friday, 7 August 2020, within Freelands Crescent, Old Kilpatrick.

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NOTEBOOK: IT TOOK ONLY THREE OR FOUR YEARS, BUT THERE’S A CROSSING AT LAST ON THE A82 AT CROSSLET

August 22, 2020 heaneymedia

Its existence was one of the reasons why a new care home should never have been built at Crosslet since visitors and staff would be taking their life in their hands every time they crossed that road.

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MY LOVING HUSBAND WAS NOT TO BLAME FOR THIS TRAIN CRASH

August 22, 2020 heaneymedia

Stephanie Mccullough, wife of the driver of the train which crashed catastrophically after a weekend storm causing the death of her husband and two others, has moved swiftly to correct a wrong impression which may have been given in reports of the accident.

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LEISURE FACILITIES WILL RE-OPEN IN TWO WEEKS’ TIME

August 22, 2020 heaneymedia

Kathryn McColgann said: “Thank you for your hard work preparing to reopen. I’d imagine the delay will be due to some staff being furloughed and ensuring safety is priority.”

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  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children
  • LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

by BILL HEANEY Whose idea was it to allow the Orange Order to parade down Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, at the weekend? And

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Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

by LUCY ASHTON A new Scotland-wide campaign has launched a warning that adult criminals are grooming and exploiting children to commit crime, enabling them to

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What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

It may look like Garvaghy Road residents and Sinn Féin are in lock-step. The reality is more complex Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Tuesday,

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives will lead a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) in Holyrood to warn of another SNP “tax bombshell” that could hit middle-income

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