Notebook by Bill Heaney What plans does the Scottish Government have to tackle public displays of anti-Irish racism and anti-Catholic prejudice, the Labour MSP Pauline
Day: September 3, 2021
POETRY: SEAMUS HEANEY AND SIGNIFICANT OTHERS
AND TO R L STEVENSON As September arrives, I realised that today, September 1, marks 50 years since the last gas streetlight was lit in
RETAIL: STURGEON RAISES PROSPECT OF NO TOYS AND FOOD SHORTAGES THIS CHRISTMAS
By Bill Heaney It’s not Scotland’s fault that retail stock and staff shortages will almost certainly exist here in the run-up to Christmas. First Minister
Free Prescriptions are here to stay in Scotland, says Sturgeon
By Bill Heaney First Minister Nicola Sturgeon gave MSPs and assurance at Holyrood yesterday that free prescriptions would stay. Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) raised
DEBATE: TORY LEADER ROASTS STURGEON IN PASSPORTS DEBATE
Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. By Bill Heaney Will vaccine passports definitely be issued here in Scotland? It certainly didn’t
HOSPITALS STRAINING UNDER RAPID RISE IN COVID PATIENTS
Wednesday’s front page of The Herald. The number of people in hospital with Covid is climbing rapidly as a raft of new statistics laid bare