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Day: May 12, 2021

TOM KITCHIN: “I totally feel that we’ve been left behind in the hospitality sector.”

May 12, 2021 heaneymedia

Tom Kitchin and his wife, Michaela. Picture by Bill Heaney By Lucy Ashton Tom Kitchin, the TV chef owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant, has called

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CORONAVIRUS: independent public inquiry into the handling of the pandemic will be held in spring 2022

May 12, 2021 heaneymedia

Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaving Downing Street. By Lucy Ashton The UK government is “fully committed to learning the lessons at every stage” of the

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Covid: Concern over rising cases in West of Scotland

May 12, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Concern is growing about a rising number of Covid cases in Glasgow as the area prepares to move down to level two.

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McVitie’s: Saving the 500 jobs from factory closure would take the biscuit

May 12, 2021 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY “Would you risk it for a biscuit,” was a question often asked in the days before that word was taken simply

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Helping Hands: critical care nurse pens touching poem in recognition of colleagues for International Nurses Day 

May 12, 2021 heaneymedia

Pictured above: The Critical Care team  at the Institute of Neurosciences alongside Senior Charge Nurse Ruth Wilson (in navy uniform) on International Nurses Day.An NHS

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BOOKS: The Best Catholics in the World

May 12, 2021 heaneymedia

SOCIETY History on the Wing Cardinal Brady being interviewed at the Humbert International Summer School in Co Mayo by RTE religion correspondent, Joe Little. And

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • SNP SPECIAL ADVISERS LIVING HIGH OFF THE HOG
  • Consultation on Helensburgh waterfront proposal
  • LibDems: SNP must do better for care-experienced children
  • A BOOK AND A BEER AT THE WAVERLEY BAR IN BRIDGEND
  • SCANDAL of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority member elections and treatment of Sid Perrie
  • LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES

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SNP SPECIAL ADVISERS LIVING HIGH OFF THE HOG

SNP SPECIAL ADVISERS LIVING HIGH OFF THE HOG

Olaf Stando delivering campaign leaflets for the SNP. by DEMOCRAT REPORTER John Swinney’s entourage of special advisers racked up a huge £4,600 expenses bill in

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Consultation on Helensburgh waterfront proposal

Consultation on Helensburgh waterfront proposal

24 June 2026 by Democrat reporter Argyll and Bute Council is to ask for views on the proposal for the final part of the multi-million-pound

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LibDems: SNP must do better for care-experienced children

LibDems: SNP must do better for care-experienced children

by Democrat reporter Scottish Liberal Democrat education and children spokesperson Duncan Dunlop MSP has today said that the SNP need to do better for care-experienced

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A BOOK AND A BEER AT THE WAVERLEY BAR IN BRIDGEND

A BOOK AND A BEER AT THE WAVERLEY BAR IN BRIDGEND

The Waverley Bar It`s Book Club night! Whether you’ve finished the chapters or just fancy the chat or just want to take advantage of our

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SCANDAL of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority member elections and treatment of Sid Perrie

SCANDAL of Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority member elections and treatment of Sid Perrie

by Nick Kempe of Parkswatch An article (see here) that appeared in the Helensburgh Advertiser on June 13 in the name of Dr Heather Reid, the Convener

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LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES

LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES

LibDems say the scale of the challenge facing police officers and our wider justice system is huge by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has demanded action as

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UK Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers

UK Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers

High street businesses backed with tax changes that will level the playing field. Government accelerates plans to scrap the duty relief on cheap imports and

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Peter Murrell jailed for five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

Peter Murrell jailed for five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband previously admitted to stealing from the SNP Peter Murrell’s police interviews released  Sturgeon was ‘utterly deceived’ as Murrell was sentenced for

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