June 10, 2021 – THE DEMOCRAT

EDUCATION: No learner’s grades will be marked down or up because of their school’s past performance

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By Bill Heaney This year’s national qualifications awards in Scottish schools will be based on teacher judgment, and that teacher judgment will be evidenced by

Sturgeon: I stand ‘full square’ behind trans gender community

June 10, 2021 heaneymedia

Nicola Sturgeon said ‘all of us have a duty to stand up for equality’ Nicola Sturgeon said it is up to the people of Scotland

A STROLL IN THE PARK: PICTURES BY JOHN GILLIES

June 10, 2021 heaneymedia

Pictures by John Gillies

COME ON SCOTLAND: JOSH IS STEVIE’S NEW MASCOT FOR THE EUROS

June 10, 2021 heaneymedia

The pictures show Gemma and baby Josh Fraser; Stevie Woods and his son, John, with the Scottish Cup, Stevie Woods at a coaching session with

COVID: CHECK OUT THE RESTRICTIONS THAT STILL APPLY IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

June 10, 2021 heaneymedia

JOURNALISM: LORRAINE HAS EYE ON 28 NOMINATIONS FOR IRN AWARDS

June 10, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Former Dumbarton Lennox Herald reporter Lorraine Herbison has some good news of her own today. Lorraine is now the national boss of

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POLITICS: GIRD YOUR LOINS FOR MORE BUDGET CUTS FROM THE SNP

By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire Council’s SNP group leader is being hamstrung by his Nationalist colleagues in Edinburgh when it comes to finance for hard-pressed

Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU

$Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU$

As the annual drive to get fitter and healthier in the New Year is well underway, the Health Board is advising anyone who has a

More than £16m lost in Covid fraud and errors

Responding to comments from Auditor General Stephen Boyle to the Public Audit Committee that “somewhere between £16 million and £32 million” of the money committed

POLITICS: Tories who want Boris to resign ‘facing intimidation and blackmail’ and should contact police, MP says

MPs who are, or assumed to be wanting to oust the PM, have been threatened with having funding for projects in their constituencies pulled, a

SNP/GREENS INSIST NEW FIRE ALARM LEGISLATION COMES INTO FORCE IN FEBRUARY

The Democrat’s Bill Heaney with Sarah Boyack and Housing Minister Shona Robison. By Bill Heaney Every household in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute, which

RELIGION: Report faults retired Pope Benedict XVI for handling of sexual abuse cases

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter’s Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year. A long-awaited report on

Lady Mone faces questions over awarding of the contracts in the early days of the pandemic.

By Lucy Ashton Tory peer Baroness Mone is facing investigation by the Lords standards watchdog over the awarding of Government contracts worth more than £200m

SNP all at sea as flood defence projects are over budget and years behind schedule

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Beatrice Wishart, pictured right, has hit out at the Scottish Government as it was revealed that

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