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Day: October 24, 2021

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  • Carol Kirkwood: BBC weather presenter reveals engagement live on air
  • POLITICS: Sue Gray finalising report on Downing Street events during lockdown
  • RELIGION: Church of Scotland approves scheme to conduct same-sex marriages
  • TOURISM: HOSPITALITY STAFF SHORTAGES ACROSS FAVOURITE SUMMER RESORTS
  • BLUES BEST BAR NONE AS CITY PIP LIVERPOOL FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE

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COVID 19: Sturgeon announced she was suffering from mild symptoms with the virus on Friday

COVID 19: Sturgeon announced she was suffering from mild symptoms with the virus on Friday

Monday 23 May 2022  By Lucy Ashton Nicola Sturgeon has said Covid-19 has “knocked me for six” after testing positive on Friday. Scotland’s First Minister

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Carol Kirkwood: BBC weather presenter reveals engagement live on air

Carol Kirkwood: BBC weather presenter reveals engagement live on air

BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood has revealed that she is engaged live on air. Her eagle-eyed colleague Sally Nugent spotted Kirkwood’s “giant rock” engagement ring

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POLITICS: Sue Gray finalising report on Downing Street events during lockdown

POLITICS: Sue Gray finalising report on Downing Street events during lockdown

Sue Gray’s report is expected to be critical of a drinking culture in Number 10. By Bill Heaney It’s hard hat time for Prime Minister

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RELIGION: Church of Scotland approves scheme to conduct same-sex marriages

RELIGION: Church of Scotland approves scheme to conduct same-sex marriages

May 23, 2022 By Cameron Brooks An historic vote has taken place which will allow some Church of Scotland ministers and deacons to marry same-sex

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TOURISM: HOSPITALITY STAFF SHORTAGES ACROSS FAVOURITE SUMMER RESORTS

TOURISM: HOSPITALITY STAFF SHORTAGES ACROSS FAVOURITE SUMMER RESORTS

The way we were – Helensburgh in the 1950s when tourists and day visitors flocked in their thousands to the old town. Picture from Robert

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BLUES BEST BAR NONE AS CITY PIP LIVERPOOL FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE

BLUES BEST BAR NONE AS  CITY PIP LIVERPOOL FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE

PICTURE SPECIAL BY BILL HEANEY OF THE DEMOCRAT Manchester City retain Premier League crown after stunning comeback David Hytner reports for The Guardian from the

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Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Polish president Duda to address Ukrainian parliament as Russian wages offensive in Luhansk By news agency reporters Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow

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LEISURE: Cross Country Event in Balloch Park

LEISURE: Cross Country Event in Balloch Park

West Dunbartonshire  Leisure Staff were in a happy mood after yesterday’s Cross Country Event in Balloch. Where over 800 young people from our communities across

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