November 16, 2020 – Page 2

EDUCATION: 30,000 PUPILS OFF SCHOOL

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Covid in Scotland: Teachers asked if they would strike First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Chief Medical Officer Gregor Smith. BBC Scotland is reporting that teachers

HEALTH MATTERS: TROUBLES PILE UP FOR MINISTER JEANE FREEMAN

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Health Secretary Jeane Freeman and her partner university spin doctor Susan Stewart, left. Above: Reuters news agency picture of Freeman looking fed up. NOTEBOOK by

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

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By Canon Gerry Conroy, parish priest of St Patrick’s With the prospect of the imminent arrival of a Vaccine, there seems to be a more

BRIAN WILSON COLUMN

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Selfless in my duty to readers, I watched last Monday’s edition of the long-running Nicola Sturgeon Show on BBC Scotland though it might also have

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SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS

First Minister John Swinney, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, and Bob Doris MSP for Maryhill. by Bill Heaney First Minister John Swinney has been told he

Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …

by Lucy Ashton A new heart failure treatment could allow patients to return home from hospital days earlier than expected, a UK-wide trial has found.

HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE

by Lucy Ashton Dame Jackie Baillie, the newly elected Labour MSP for Dumbarton constituency, has called on the Scottish Government to urgently tackle the social

SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde celebrates nurses for International Nurses Day by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is marking International Nurses Day by

Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’

by Independent political correspondent Millie Cooke Wes Streeting has reportedly told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon

PRIEST AWARDED ANNUAL ITALIAN SCOTLAND MEDAL

Congratulations to Fr Eugenio Montesi, who has been awarded the annual Italian Scotland Medal in recognition of his decades of care and support for the

POLITICS: HOW THE LIST SYSTEM WORKS AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

by Kyle Renton This group of newly elected MSPs did not march into Holyrood because Scottish communities overwhelmingly chose them. They were put there through

Trump brushes off Iran war’s cost at home …

‘I don’t think about the American financial situation,’ says the US President The president’s stunning admission comes as Americans struggle with surging inflation and record

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