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Day: October 3, 2021

RELIGION: Church restates General Assembly opposition to Assisted Dying

October 3, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The Church has restated the General Assembly’s opposition to calls for assisted dying to be legalised in Scotland. The position is set out

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ENVIRONMENT: Camping and countryside rangers in National Parks – an alternative model

October 3, 2021 heaneymedia

Picture by Bill Heaney September 24, 2021 By Nick Kempe of Parkswatch Regular readers will know that parkswatch has, since its creation, been arguing that

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EATING OUTSIDE RETURNS TO BALLOCH DESPITE MCCOLL’S PREDICTIONS

October 3, 2021 heaneymedia

Move comes after open air eating area was labelled ‘accident waiting to happen’ by SNP council leader Jonathan McColl By Lucy Ashton Diners at Balloch’s

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TRANSPORT: Proposed sleeper train will connect Scotland with mainland Europe

October 3, 2021 heaneymedia

Passengers could fall asleep In Glasgow and wake up in Frankfurt By Peter Cassidy A new sleeper train that would connect Scottish cities to mainland

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CAMERON HOUSE RE-OPENS FOLLOWING FATAL FIRE

October 3, 2021 heaneymedia

A glimpse of renovated Cameron House ahead of the re-opening. By Bill Heaney Almost four years after the deaths of two young men in a

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  • Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde
  • DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY
  • Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland
  • What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …
  • STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

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Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

The festival will be held on the banks of the Clyde next June Electronic music festival Terminal V will be held on the banks of

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

by BILL HEANEY Whose idea was it to allow the Orange Order to parade down Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, at the weekend? And

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Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

by LUCY ASHTON A new Scotland-wide campaign has launched a warning that adult criminals are grooming and exploiting children to commit crime, enabling them to

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What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

It may look like Garvaghy Road residents and Sinn Féin are in lock-step. The reality is more complex Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Tuesday,

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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