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Day: July 31, 2021

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

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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

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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

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  • Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18
  • ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP
  • Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond
  • BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal
  • LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS
  • Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

  Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

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Pope Leo vows to speak strongly against war …

Pope Leo vows to speak strongly against war …

During the flight to Algeria, Pope Leo XIV responds to questions regarding US President Donald Trump’s recent statements, saying he is “not a politician” and

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