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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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  • SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE
  • PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL
  • World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration
  • ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL
  • Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh
  • Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

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SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

Jackie Baillie, John Swinney, Ross Greer and Peter Murrell – at odds over inquiry. by Bill Heaney SNP and Scottish Green MSPs have a “final

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PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

Gartocharn lass Esmi Doherty shows off the fabulous silverware at the hugely successful Drymen and Strathendrick Agricultural Show. The best presented stockperson went to 8-year-old Esmi with

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World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

by Lucy Ashton Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie is supporting a proposal to encourage school pupils to embrace their national culture ahead of Scotland’s World Cup

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ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

Roadworks on the Rest and Be Thankful will be withdrawn to cope with tourist traffic.  by Lucy Ashton Summertime has come, and as the volume

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Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

June 9 2026 by Bill Heaney Argyll and Bute Council is appealing to private property owners to repair their buildings after it has had to

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Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

by Lucy Ashton A once highly specialised technology has now become an essential part of modern patient care, as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde marks

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Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

by Bill Heaney NHS waiting lists “leaving Scots in agony”, Scottish Labour has warned as waits for pain management services rise.  The number of patients

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SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged MSPs to “back transparency over cover-up” as it lodges a motion calling for a Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into

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