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Day: July 28, 2021

CHURCH FIRE: St Simon’s in Partick gutted in overnight blaze

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The Archdiocese of Glasgow said it was a “much-loved” parish church. BBC Scotland is reporting that a historic Glasgow church has been gutted by flames,

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Nuclear Rearmament: One organisation that hasn’t ignored it is the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament

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26 JULY 2021 Nuclear Rearmament Tom Stevenson in The London Review of Books HMS AMBUSH returning to HMNB Clyde at Faslane on the Gareloch. Picture

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SPORTS OPINION: The Olympics are stupid says KYLE SMITH

July 28, 2021 heaneymedia

Highland Games and the Oympics – are skills learned in shot-putting and caber tossing a waste of time? Picture by Bill Heaney By Kyle Smith

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  • CHILDREN: Equipment allows babies to receive phototherapy without having to stay in hospital
  • BUDGET: Families with babies to get £40 a week, Scottish Government announces …
  • Lord McFall of Alcluith: Former Dumbarton MP stands down as Lord Speaker
  • FAKE PICTURES ARE NOT JUST AN AFFRONT DECENT SOCIETY, BUT ARE ILLEGAL
  • Four injured after fight involving weapons in ‘targeted’ attack in Bonhill housing estate
  • SNP ARE ODDS ON TO WIN THE BUDGET DEBATE AT HOLYROOD TOMORROW

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CHILDREN: Equipment allows babies to receive phototherapy without having to stay in hospital

CHILDREN: Equipment allows babies to receive phototherapy without having to stay in hospital

Glasgow & West Highlands & Islands NE, Orkney & Shetland South Tayside & Central Alba The special sleeping bags emit therapeutic light. Newborn babies with

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BUDGET: Families with babies to get £40 a week, Scottish Government announces …

BUDGET: Families with babies to get £40 a week, Scottish Government announces …

Likely candidates for the Scottish Parliament election in May – Dame Jackie Baillie (Labour), Sophie Traynor (SNP) and David Smith (Reform UK). The Budget details

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Lord McFall of Alcluith: Former Dumbarton MP stands down as Lord Speaker

Lord McFall of Alcluith: Former Dumbarton MP stands down as Lord Speaker

by Democrat reporter John McFall, the Dumbarton-born Lord Speaker in the Palace of Westminster, has announced he is to step down several months early from

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FAKE PICTURES ARE NOT JUST AN AFFRONT DECENT SOCIETY, BUT ARE ILLEGAL

FAKE PICTURES ARE NOT JUST AN AFFRONT DECENT SOCIETY, BUT ARE ILLEGAL

by Liz Kendal, Labour Minister for Technoloy No woman or child should live in fear of having their image sexually manipulated by technology.   Yet in

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Four injured after fight involving weapons in ‘targeted’ attack in Bonhill housing estate

Four injured after fight involving weapons in ‘targeted’ attack in Bonhill housing estate

Three men, aged 19, 19, and 21, and a 16-year-old youth were injured Police are searching for the occupants of the car following the fight

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SNP ARE ODDS ON TO WIN THE BUDGET DEBATE AT HOLYROOD TOMORROW

SNP ARE ODDS ON TO WIN THE BUDGET DEBATE AT HOLYROOD TOMORROW

First Minister John Swinney, Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Conservative leader Russell Findlay and Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton will cross swords in the Scottish Budget

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Better Buses for Strathclyde and make Glasgow Move Again …

Better Buses for Strathclyde and make Glasgow Move Again …

by Democrat reporter First Glasgow have put single bus fares up to a whopping £3.25, leaving us with some of the most expensive buses in

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DACA’s community alcohol service comes to an end …

DACA’s community alcohol service comes to an end …

Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol- DACA Thank you and goodnight. As DACA’s community alcohol service comes to an end, the team want to extend our

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