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Day: November 13, 2020

NOTEBOOK: WHY HOT DESKING MAY BE HERE TO STAY

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NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Scotland’s Public Services are to be renamed Scotland’s Secret Services to mark the fact that the SNP government and local councils

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SECRET SCOTLAND: SNP GOVERNMENT WANT PUBLIC KEPT IN DARK

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SNP health minister wanted to stop freedom of information during Covid-19 Local care homes, Crosslet and Castleview, public and private, about which the SNP believe

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BOOK REVIEW: ‘Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son’: The Story of Peter Sutcliffe 

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Fallen Women ‘Somebody’s Husband, Somebody’s Son’: The Story of Peter Sutcliffe  by Gordon Burn. Heinemann, 272 pp., £9.95, May 1984, 0 434 09827 2 Review by Patricia Highsmith Gordon Burn gives

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Royal Marines roll out new kit on daring exercises in Gibraltar

November 13, 2020 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter Faslane-based Royal Marines rolled out the latest kit on missions scaling cliff faces and battling through Gibraltar’s tunnels as they perfected techniques

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COVID 19: JOHN SWINNEY ANNOUNCES 56 NEW DEATHS

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By Bill Heaney A total of 56 more more people have died from  coronavirus in Scotland in the past 24 hours, the Scottish Government has confirmed.

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  • SALMOND INQUIRY: Former FM tells Baillie ‘there absolutely should be [a further] police investigation of the matter’
  • SALMOND INQUIRY: The Government acted illegally, but, somehow, nobody is to blame.
  • FATAL: Re-appeal for information fatal road accident in Oban
  • HERITAGE: Kilmaronock Old Kirk will be made available for community use
  • JUSTICE: John Craxton admitted facilitating Edwin McLaren’s fraud in longest ever criminal trial.

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POLITICS: LABOUR LEADER SARWAR SAYS STURGEON SHOULD QUIT IF SHE BROKE CODE

POLITICS: LABOUR LEADER SARWAR SAYS STURGEON SHOULD QUIT IF SHE BROKE CODE

Sturgeon should resign if she broke ministerial code, says Labour leader Sarwar By Democrat reporter First Minister Nicola Sturgeon  is the focus of an investigation

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SALMOND INQUIRY: Former FM tells Baillie ‘there absolutely should be [a further] police investigation of the matter’

SALMOND INQUIRY: Former FM tells Baillie ‘there absolutely should be [a further] police investigation of the matter’

Former First Minister Alex Salmond told Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie that there should be a further police investigation into the leak of documents. By Bill

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SALMOND INQUIRY: The Government acted illegally, but, somehow, nobody is to blame.

SALMOND INQUIRY: The Government acted illegally, but, somehow, nobody is to blame.

By Alex Salmond, former First Minister of Scotland This inquiry is not about me. I have already established the illegality of the actions of the

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FATAL: Re-appeal for information fatal road accident in Oban

FATAL: Re-appeal for information fatal road accident in Oban

Margaret Smith was knocked down while walking her dog on the seafront in Oban. By Democrat reporter Police officers are continuing Inquiries into a fatal

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HERITAGE: Kilmaronock Old Kirk will be made available for community use

HERITAGE: Kilmaronock Old Kirk will be made available for community use

By Democrat reporter A historic Loch Lomondside kirk, where luminaries such as Brigadier Alistair Pearson and Lord Fraser of Allander are interred in the ancient

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JUSTICE: John Craxton admitted facilitating Edwin McLaren’s fraud in longest ever criminal trial.

JUSTICE: John Craxton admitted facilitating Edwin McLaren’s fraud in longest ever criminal trial.

Lawyer who helped fraudster run £1.6m scheme struck off list Police Scotland picture of Edwin McLaren who was jailed for 11 years in 2017 for

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INDUSTRIAL ACTION:  Unite the union state that workers are set to take part in rolling industrial action

INDUSTRIAL ACTION:  Unite the union state that workers are set to take part in rolling industrial action

Staff set to strike at nuclear bases over pay dispute at Faslane and Coulport By Democrat reporter Major news organisations were reporting over the weekend

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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: We tend to imagine eternal life in terms of what we know,

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: We tend to imagine eternal life in terms of what we know,

By Canon Gerry Conroy I am not sure why but this second lockdown we are enduring seems longer than the first even though it isn’t.

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