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Day: January 20, 2021

SALMOND INQUIRY: SNP media management “would make Vladimir Putin blush”

January 20, 2021 heaneymedia

Nicola Sturgeon faces more questions over Alex Salmond bullying claims after internal emails leaked Contents of the email chain seen by Sky News have been

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EDUCATION: Lib Dems call for supply teachers to be employed to provide precious support 

January 20, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat Education spokesperson Beatrice Wishart MSP, right, has called joined with the EIS teachers’ union for supply teachers to be

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COVID 19: Scottish Government u-turn over £1500 taxi driver grant

January 20, 2021 heaneymedia

Drivers who have claimed benefits will now be allowed to apply for the £1500 grant By Democrat reporter The Scottish Government has said it will

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COVID FINES: WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE AND ARGYLL WORST IN SCOTLAND

January 20, 2021 heaneymedia

Stoneymollan roundabout on the A82 where motorists regularly broke the rules by crossing from West Dunbartonshire into Argyll and back. Picture by Bill Heaney By

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • CONTACT TRACERS: Public Health colleagues identify virus outbreaks or clusters for intervention
  • ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL: Sacked social worker awarded £27,000 over unfair dismissal
  • MISSING CYCLIST: POLICE EMBARK ON MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH
  • SALMOND INQUIRY: Alex Salmond pulls out of Holyrood evidence hearing
  • HEALTH MATTERS: QEUH lights up red to show raise awareness for encephalitis 
  • HOMELESSNESS: Scotland still has the highest homeless death rate when compared to England and Wales

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CONTACT TRACERS: Public Health colleagues identify virus outbreaks or clusters for intervention

CONTACT TRACERS: Public Health colleagues identify virus outbreaks or clusters for intervention

By Lucy Ashton What have a detective, a pilot and a cinema manager got in common…? Meet some of the team keeping people in Greater

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ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL: Sacked social worker awarded £27,000 over unfair dismissal

ARGYLL AND BUTE COUNCIL: Sacked social worker awarded £27,000 over unfair dismissal

Social worker Melani Erlank awarded £27,000 over unfair dismissal. By Democrat reporter A sacked social worker at the centre of a bullying row has been

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MISSING CYCLIST: POLICE EMBARK ON MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH

MISSING CYCLIST: POLICE EMBARK ON MAJOR INVESTIGATION INTO HIS DEATH

Retired navyman’s family ‘seeking closure’ after cyclist’s body found Anthony Parsons was reported missing in 2017 after travelling from his home in Tillicoultry to Fort

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SALMOND INQUIRY: Alex Salmond pulls out of Holyrood evidence hearing

SALMOND INQUIRY: Alex Salmond pulls out of Holyrood evidence hearing

Alex Salmond, no appearance after statement was redacted. Picture by Bill Heaney By Rory Murphy Alex Salmond refused to give evidence today (Wednesday) to the

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HEALTH MATTERS: QEUH lights up red to show raise awareness for encephalitis 

HEALTH MATTERS: QEUH lights up red to show raise awareness for encephalitis 

By Lucy Ashton The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow (QEUH) is shining red this week to help raise awareness of encephalitis. The hospital joins

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HOMELESSNESS: Scotland still has the highest homeless death rate when compared to England and Wales

HOMELESSNESS: Scotland still has the highest homeless death rate when compared to England and Wales

Homeless deaths in Scotland rise by 11 per cent By Karin Goodwin in THE FERRET The number of people who died whilst homeless in Scotland

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HEALTH MATTERS: NHS AT RISK OF COLLAPSING UNDER STRAIN AS THOUSANDS WAIT FOR VITAL TESTS

HEALTH MATTERS: NHS AT RISK OF COLLAPSING UNDER STRAIN AS THOUSANDS WAIT FOR VITAL TESTS

By Democrat reporter Scottish Labour has branded waiting times for key diagnostic tests as a “catastrophe waiting to happen”, saying they show that health services

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UNISON: ACT YOUR AGE. JOIN A TRADE UNION NOW

UNISON: ACT YOUR AGE. JOIN A TRADE UNION NOW

Margaret Wood and Val Jennings, organisers for the UNITE and UNISON trade unions campaigning for better wages and conditions for council workers in West Dunbartonshire.

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