October 24, 2021 – THE DEMOCRAT

A&E: 32% of those attending Emergency Departments have minor ailments

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Top doctors are urging people to only attend A&E if their condition is life-threatening Queen Elizabeth hospital complex and Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria. By

SOCIAL CARE: Care workers protest for £15 per hour wage outside Holyrood

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Care workers, including a delegation from West Dunbartonshire, and the GMB trade union rallied outside the Scottish Parliament on Saturday to call

ENVIRONMENT: Rally held in George Square to highlight ‘waste crisis’

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Day of action was held on Saturday Calls for the recruitment of 100 new road sweepers and 100 new refuse collectors. STV News is reporting

FILMS: Brian Cox on Succession’s success: ‘I’ve lost the anonymity I had for more than 50 years’

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Brian Cox with his lovely wife Nicole Ansari and Scottish actor Bill Paterson at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Picture by Bill Heaney

BOOKS: A revealing look inside the fascinating but damaged life of Shane MacGowan

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Richard Balls’ brilliant new biography, A Furious Devotion: The Authorised Story Of Shane MacGowan, blows away some of the myths around Ireland’s greatest songwriter Review

Scotland’s Climate Week: Letter from National Park Youth Committee

For Scotland’s Climate Week (26th Sept – 2nd Oct 2022), members of the National Park Youth Committee and Junior Rangers have written a letter outlining

Capercaillie population falls to critically low numbers, study finds

With only 542 left in the country, the bird’s UK population is believed to be on the brink of extinction. Capercaillie population in Scotland on

Kelvingrove Museum to be sold over equal pay bill

Kelvingrove would be re-leased to the council after long-term loans are secured against its value BBC Scotland is reporting that Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum and Art

Dumbarton celebrates 150 years of football heritage with special anniversary exhibition

A new exhibition celebrating Dumbarton Football Club’s 150th anniversary will explore the town’s rich football heritage. Featuring a unique collection of memorabilia, pictures and anecdotes

JOURNALISM: NUJ Reach pay settlement with Lennox Herald group journalists

September 2022 NUJ members at Lennox Herald have voted to accept a revised pay offer from Reach plc. Following a ballot of all NUJ members

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL SHOULD RIP UP THE PLAN FOR TOWN CENTRE

By Bill Heaney A redevelopment plan has been produced by West Dunbartonshire Council for the Artizan Centre in Dumbarton. My advice to the council is

SECRET SCOTLAND: New ferry contract information dragged out of SNP

By Bill Heaney New information about the Clyde ferries scandal has been dragged out of the SNP government using a freedom of information request. Scottish

FIERY FERRY DEBATE AT FMQs IN HOLYROOD PARLIAMENT

‘There was a man who built a boat to sail away and it sank,’ JP Donleavy wrote in his best-selling novel, The Ginger Man. That’s

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