July 31, 2021 – THE DEMOCRAT

JUSTICE: Monk who sexually abused two schoolboys jailed for four years

July 31, 2021 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter A Benedictine monk who was brought back from Australia has been jailed for four years and five months for sexually abusing two

MEDICINE: I don’t think it’s seen as a profession with a high risk of losing your life

July 31, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton More than 250 newly qualified doctors are being welcomed on wards across Greater Glasgow and Clyde as they embark on the next

EDUCATION: SQA’s failure to act on pupil warnings makes ‘mockery’ of child rights

July 31, 2021 heaneymedia

By James McEnaney and Karin Goodwin in The Ferret July 30, 2021 Secondary school pupils warned the Scottish Qualifications Authority in November 2020 that plans

Findlay’s eve-of-poll call to pro-UK voters to back Scottish Conservatives on peach ballot

by Bill Heaney Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has issued an eve-of-poll call to pro-UK voters to back his party on their peach ballot paper

Iran-US war latest: Tehran and US ‘closer than ever to agreeing memo to end war’

Trump said ‘Project Freedom’ would be paused ‘for a short period of time’ Maroosha Muzaffar & Maira Butt in The Independent 06 May 2026 Smoke rises over

ELECTION: Reform plans for flags and royal portraits are “insubstantial gimmicks”

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverclyde, Jamie Greene, has dismissed Reform’s plans for mandatory flags and royal portraits in schools as “insubstantial

Pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops of Scotland on the Scottish Parliament Election

Archdiocese of Glasgow Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election approaches, we find ourselves at another important moment in our

SARWAR: TOMORROW VOTE TO REJECT REFORM, BEAT SNP & CHANGE SCOTLAND

Speaking before Scottish Labour’s eve of poll rally, Anas Sarwar, right, has called on Scots to vote for change, reject Reform and beat the SNP.

ELECTION: When is bullshit real bullshit?

It may be comforting to assert that one’s political enemies are bullshitters but one can’t help wondering whether this assertion is itself a piece of

THIS THURSDAY VOTE TO SAVE OUR NHS – DUMBARTON CANDIDATE BAILLIE COMMENTS ON HEALTH STATS

Dame Jackie Baillie pictured with members of her Labour campaign team in Dumbarton. by Lucy Ashton Scottish Labour has warned that “John Swinney and the

Thanking midwives as over 13,000 babies are born in Greater Glasgow and Clyde

by Bill Heaney Midwives across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are being thanked this International Day of the Midwife (Tuesday 5 May 2026) for the

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