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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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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

I was in Edinburgh for the weekend attending a graduation cum birthday party for my granddaughter, Jane Heaney, which gave me some time off to

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HELENSBURGH WATERFRONT CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY

HELENSBURGH WATERFRONT CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY

In an extraordinary turnaround, Argyll and Bute Council has launched a statutory public consultation regarding Helensburgh waterfront. In line with Section 104 of the Community

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Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA The Scottish SPCA’s supporters are playing their part to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home.

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Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Helensburgh is one area that would be affected by the visitor levy by Bill Heaney A public consultation is to be launched over a potential

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Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

New enforcement unit pursues billions lost to British taxpayers during pandemic Recovery efforts intensify as nearly 2,000 company directors are banned and 86 criminals are

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COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

Published 25 June 2026 by Bill Heaney Ellen McBride, a former teacher in St Stephen’s, Dalmuir, and one-time head teacher at St Peter’s, Bellsmyre, has

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ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

by Kim Hardie The arrival of two unassuming shipping containers at HM Naval Base Clyde marks a significant step forward in how the Royal Navy

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End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today challenged the First Minister on a sharp rise in sexual crime, as he

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