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Day: April 7, 2021

COURTS: Man charged with murdering Helensburgh teenager with meat cleaver

April 7, 2021 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter A 33-year-old man has appeared in court charged with murdering a teenager by repeatedly striking him with a meat cleaver. Kevin Murray

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EASTER SWIMMING: BALTIC TEMPERATURES NO DETERRENT TO GIRLS GOING FOR A DIP IN LOCH LOMOND

April 7, 2021 heaneymedia

A group of determined ladies went open swimming in Loch Lomond over Easter weekend.    

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SCOTTISH LIBDEMS: Vaccine passports are undercover ID cards

April 7, 2021 heaneymedia

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie – call to scrutinise the plan after the election.  By Rory Murphy Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie and

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BOOKS: PR company co-founder celebrates publication of fourth novel

April 7, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton RYMOUR Books is set to publish Fake Flowers, the fourth novel from Graham Lironi,  founder of award-winning Glasgow-based public relations consultancy, Liquorice

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  • SNP ACUSED OF “BETRAYING A GENERATION” AS 80,000 CHILDREN TURNED AWAY FROM MENTAL HEALTH CARE
  • DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT: IF IT WISNAE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHERE WID WE BE?
  • Scottish Liberal Democrats set out plans on drugs and homelessness
  • INVESTIGATION: Argyll soldiers in Kenya babies scandal
  • Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect
  • REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

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SNP ACUSED OF “BETRAYING A GENERATION” AS 80,000 CHILDREN TURNED AWAY FROM MENTAL HEALTH CARE

SNP ACUSED OF “BETRAYING A GENERATION” AS 80,000 CHILDREN TURNED AWAY FROM MENTAL HEALTH CARE

by Bill Heaney Anas Sarwar has accused the SNP of “betraying a generation of Scots” as new figures show more than 80,000 mental health referrals

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DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT: IF IT WISNAE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHERE WID WE BE?

DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT: IF IT WISNAE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHERE WID WE BE?

Can’t make it to a polling station on 7th May 2026? You can apply for a proxy vote, allowing someone you trust to cast your

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Scottish Liberal Democrats set out plans on drugs and homelessness

Scottish Liberal Democrats set out plans on drugs and homelessness

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has used a visit to Glasgow City Mission to set out his party’s plans for tackling

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INVESTIGATION: Argyll soldiers in Kenya babies scandal

INVESTIGATION: Argyll soldiers in Kenya babies scandal

by Josephine Casserly, Ivana Davidovic, BBC News, and Bill Heaney “Edward”, a nine-year-old Kenyan boy, has always been aware that his father worked for the British

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Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect

Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect

Russell Findlay on the election campaign trail amongst farmers. by Bill Heaney The Scottish Conservatives will today (Wednesday) publish a dedicated rural manifesto designed to

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REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

by Bill Heaney UK Reform leader Malcolm Offord today criticised increases to the minimum wage and improvements to workers’ rights across the UK. Scottish Labour

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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