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Day: October 3, 2020

Donald Trump tweets from hospital saying coronavirus battle ‘going well, I think’

October 3, 2020 heaneymedia

Not much to shout about now – President Trump yells out from the podium. By Democrat reporter President Donald Trump has broken his social media

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SNP MADNESS: ONE CARRIAGE SHORT OF A TRAIN SET

October 3, 2020 heaneymedia

SNP MP Margaret Ferrier suspended for taking train after positive Covid test Ferrier travelled from London to Scotland knowing she had coronavirus  Margaret Ferrier addresses

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POETRY: Everything is Going to be All Right, captured the national mood during the pandemic

October 3, 2020 heaneymedia

Derek Mahon, one of Ireland’s leading poets, has died, aged 78     By Gerard Smyth in The Irish Times Derek Mahon in Trinity College

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FERRET INVESTIGATION: EXXON IN TOP THREE CLIMATE POLLUTERS IN ‘LEAGUE OF DESTRUCTION’

October 3, 2020 heaneymedia

The polluted fields owned by Esso at the tank farm and oil terminal in Bowling, West Dunbartonshire, for which the cash-strapped council is paying the

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COVID 19: MORE TESTING SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL PEOPLE, SAYS MSP

October 3, 2020 heaneymedia

Jackie Baillie wants bigger and better facilities for covid testing.  By Bill Heaney Due to restrictions around physical distancing and stopping the potential spread of

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WOMEN’S PODCAST: NOT TO BE MISSED TONIGHT

October 3, 2020 heaneymedia

  During the first Lockdown we introduced a fortnightly Saturday night event which hundreds of people attended online creating a lively Big Night In community.

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  • GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME
  • Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes
  • West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event
  • POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP
  • NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH
  • HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

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GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

By Lucy Ashton Renewed calls have been made for compensation to be paid to firms hit by the SNP-Greens’ botched Deposit Return Scheme after it

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Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

The Rt Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Pinar Aksu, Human Rights and Advocacy Coordinator at MIN.

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West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

By Lucy Ashton Residents are being encouraged to get on their bikes for a fun-filled weekend of cycling activities in West Dunbartonshire. The Community Cycling

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POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

By Kate Devlin Boris Johnson has sensationally announced he is quitting as an MP claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.

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NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY So, West Dunbartonshire Council’s Labour Group and the SNP are at one, joined at the hip as they say. Labour supporters

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HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has urged thousands of people in Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, Balloch, Helensburgh and Lomond on prepayment meters to claim

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BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

REPUBLICANISM Hold Your Hour Maurice Earls June 2023 Donate How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it. Brendan Behan A personal

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BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

Dublin Review of Books, Issue 152, Newsletter 1 The Dublin Review of Books, including its extensive archive, is free to all. We rely exclusively on readers’

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