December 19, 2020 – THE DEMOCRAT

Minister appointed to tackle drugs deaths

December 19, 2020 heaneymedia

New role to for Constance to address scale of drugs deaths challenge Angela Constance, Nicola Sturgeon and Joe Fitzpatrick. By Bill Heaney First Minister Nicola

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT: Emergency funding for football

December 19, 2020 heaneymedia

Over £11 million split between lower-league football clubs By Bill Heaney Emergency grants worth £11.35 million will be split between football clubs in an agreement

NOTEBOOK: THE SCANDAL OF COUNCIL BOSSES’ CHRISTMAS PAY RISE

December 19, 2020 heaneymedia

Over generous with taxpayers’ money – Cllrs McColl, McAllister and Provost Hendrie. By Bill Heaney It’s the question everyone locally wants an answer to. Who

ENVIRONMENT: RECYCLING IS IMPORTANT AS EVER THIS CHRISTMAS

December 19, 2020 heaneymedia

Changes to Waste & Recycling Collection Services – Christmas and New Year 2020/2021 Changes to Waste & Recycling Collection Services – Christmas and New Year

Thieves steal 2,400 cases of whisky worth £200,000 from trailer

December 19, 2020 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton A trailer full of malt whisky worth £200,000 was stolen from an industrial estate near Glasgow. The red articulated trailer with white

GARVACHY ROAD: Appeal court reserves judgement over Drumcree parade dispute

By Julian O’Neill, BBC Crime and Justice correspondent, and Mark Simpson, Community correspondent October 5, 2026 The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in a bid by Garvaghy

One in five children in poverty: Councils require a big shake-up, says charity

5 October 2026 by JAMES COOK, BBC SCOTLAND EDITOR Scotland is on course to miss by a wide margin legally binding targets to cut child

HOUSING CRISIS: CABINET SECRETARY TELLS TORY MSP IT’S NOT WORTH TALKING ABOUT

Conservative Housing spokesperson Liam Kerr; Cabinet Secretary Shirley Ann Somerville and SNP MSP Paul McLennan. by BILL HEANEY There is a special place in my

SCOTTISH TORY LEADER RUSSELL FINDLAY’S SPEECH TO CONFERENCE

Conference speech by Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay Left to right: Russell Findlay, Andy Burnham, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The SNP came to power

JUSTICE: Thin blue line becoming thinner and Scottish prisons are bursting at the seams

by BILL HEANEY They used to be known as vigilantes, but in these turbulent times we are now dealing with the Scottish Government, which would

GARVAGHY ROAD: It seems the dead are easily forgotten

by Neil Mackay in the Herald “It seems the dead are easily forgotten. Men like Michael McGoldrick, Robert Hamill and Frank O’Reilly. Women like Rosemary

SWINNEY URGED TO COMMIT TO TALKS ON COUNCIL TAX

by BILL HEANEY John Swinney has been told he must ensure cross-party talks on council tax reform take place “as soon as possible”. The First

Royal Navy’s new attack submarine arrives at Faslane on the Gareloch

HMS Agamemnon arrived on the River Clyde after departing Barrow 4 October 2026 by LUCY ASHTON The Royal Navy’s newest Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine has arrived

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