June 27, 2021 – THE DEMOCRAT

DEFENCE: HMS Montrose resumes Middle East patrols

June 27, 2021 heaneymedia

HMS Montrose makes waves on patrol in the straits of Hormuz. By Tom Dunlop June 23, 2021 Type 23 Frigate HMS Montrose, which has spent

ADOPTION SCANDAL: Apology for forced adoption ‘would heal’ Scottish women’s shame

June 27, 2021 heaneymedia

Jeannot Farmer was 22 when she became pregnant By Democrat reporter BBC Scotland is reporting that a Scottish mother forced to give her baby up

COVID: Extra £14.5 billion for Scotland since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic

June 27, 2021 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter Scotland has benefited from £14.5 billion of UK government funding to the devolved administrations, figures released today by the Treasury show. The

Scotland’s Climate Week: Letter from National Park Youth Committee

For Scotland’s Climate Week (26th Sept – 2nd Oct 2022), members of the National Park Youth Committee and Junior Rangers have written a letter outlining

Capercaillie population falls to critically low numbers, study finds

With only 542 left in the country, the bird’s UK population is believed to be on the brink of extinction. Capercaillie population in Scotland on

Kelvingrove Museum to be sold over equal pay bill

Kelvingrove would be re-leased to the council after long-term loans are secured against its value BBC Scotland is reporting that Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum and Art

Dumbarton celebrates 150 years of football heritage with special anniversary exhibition

A new exhibition celebrating Dumbarton Football Club’s 150th anniversary will explore the town’s rich football heritage. Featuring a unique collection of memorabilia, pictures and anecdotes

JOURNALISM: NUJ Reach pay settlement with Lennox Herald group journalists

September 2022 NUJ members at Lennox Herald have voted to accept a revised pay offer from Reach plc. Following a ballot of all NUJ members

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL SHOULD RIP UP THE PLAN FOR TOWN CENTRE

By Bill Heaney A redevelopment plan has been produced by West Dunbartonshire Council for the Artizan Centre in Dumbarton. My advice to the council is

SECRET SCOTLAND: New ferry contract information dragged out of SNP

By Bill Heaney New information about the Clyde ferries scandal has been dragged out of the SNP government using a freedom of information request. Scottish

FIERY FERRY DEBATE AT FMQs IN HOLYROOD PARLIAMENT

‘There was a man who built a boat to sail away and it sank,’ JP Donleavy wrote in his best-selling novel, The Ginger Man. That’s

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