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Day: October 29, 2021

HILARIOUS TAKE ON THE BBC SERIES SHETLAND BY THE BRILLIANT TOM MORTON

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Douglas Henshall and Brian Cox in Shetland on BBC Scotland on Sundays. Tom Morton “Getting off with a primal-screaming lay nun in Whalsay while driving

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FLOODING: LibDems call for new funding to protect against the “Scottish Monsoon”

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Flooding during the monsoon conditions in Dumbarton. Picture by Tom Gardiner By Rory Murphy Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for

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Councils failing to tackle climate crisis, says report

October 29, 2021 heaneymedia

Investigation by Rob Edwards in The Ferret October 28, 2021 Plans by Scottish local authorities to cut carbon pollution are “deeply insufficient” and will cause

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Police must allow young people to protest peacefully at COP-26, says Children’s Commissioner

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Police riot squad in training for COP26 conference –  “treat young people peacefully”. By Lucy Ashton Children’s Commissioner Bruce Adamson is urging police to treat

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COP26: “Thought for the Day” Pope Francis

October 29, 2021 heaneymedia

Pope Francis delivered “Thought for the Day” on BBC Radio 4 today “Thought for the Day” Pope Francis. Dear BBC listeners, good morning! Climate change

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FLAMINGOLAND: Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

FLAMINGOLAND:  Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

By Lucy Ashton A Green campaign which saw a record 60,000 objections lodged against a Flamingoland development at Loch Lomond has been rebooted after the

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POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

Police Scotland is appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Dumbarton. Around 11.25pm on Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, police received a report of a

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CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

By Bill Heaney Pedophile Norman Duncan died suddenly at his home in Vale of Leven last week leading to unconfirmed speculation that he murdered and

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TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

Obituary FRANCIS J MEEHAN, US AMBASSADOR Born: February 14, 1924, East Orange, New Jersey, USA of Scottish parents from Clydebank Died: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute,

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ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

By Bill Heaney Going to the big match at Hampden on Wednesday night? You might just be able to get there by rail but, so

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ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

By Bill Heaney Updated May 31, 2022 “It’s just a domestic,” I would hear them say when I listened into the police radio of an

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COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

Unions have said that unless negotiations reopen with a ‘vastly improved offer’ then industrial action looks ‘inevitable’   The unions in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll

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