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Day: October 30, 2021

MISSING MAN: He may be cycling in the area and wearing blue jeans and a green jumper

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Officers are appealing for the assistance of the public in tracing a 57-year-old man who has been reported missing from his home in the Kilmichael

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MISCELLANY: NEWS FROM OUR MAILBOX AT HEANEYMEDIA@BTINTERNET.COM

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Levengrove Park in Dumbarton is flooded. Picture by Michael Moffat Liv Dawn is at Room 2 Loch Lomondside resident Liv Dawn tells us: “I’m playing a gig

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STURGEON SHOULD STOP MOANING AND START EXPLAINING WHY SO MUCH MONEY MAKES SO LITTLE DIFFERENCE

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BRIAN WILSON Our best-kept secret is that the Scottish Government is extremely well funded. The reasons go back to the origins of devolution and the

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POLICE: Celtic fans protest against appointment of Higgins as new security chief

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Assistant Chief Constable Bernard Higgins tipped to spend retirement in Paradise By Bill Heaney One of Scotland’s most senior police officers is expected to take

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  • NHS WAITING LISTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE STURGEON WAS APPOINTED, SAYS MSP BAILLIE
  • PARLIAMENT: SARWAR PLACES STURGEON ON THE SPOT AT HER LAST QUESTION TIME
  • VALEDICTORY SPEECH BY FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
  • POLICE: HOW SWINGEING SNP CUTS HAVE MADE OUR HOMES AND STREETS LESS SAFE FROM CRIMINALS
  • LIBDEM LEADER: Sands of Scottish politics are now shifting in big and unpredictable ways
  • PARLIAMENT: Spin and secrecy can’t disguise Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal record, say Tories

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NHS WAITING LISTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE STURGEON WAS APPOINTED, SAYS MSP BAILLIE

NHS WAITING LISTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE STURGEON WAS APPOINTED, SAYS MSP BAILLIE

By Lucy Ashton Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, deputy leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, was not for letting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon away lightly

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PARLIAMENT: SARWAR PLACES STURGEON ON THE SPOT AT HER LAST QUESTION TIME

PARLIAMENT: SARWAR PLACES STURGEON ON THE SPOT AT HER LAST QUESTION TIME

Labour leader Anas Sarwar and now resigned First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. By Bill Heaney We live in serious times, with the cost of living crisis

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VALEDICTORY SPEECH BY FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

VALEDICTORY SPEECH BY FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

                        First Minister Nicola Sturgeon I have just concluded my 286th and final session

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POLICE: HOW SWINGEING SNP CUTS HAVE MADE OUR HOMES AND STREETS LESS SAFE FROM CRIMINALS

POLICE: HOW SWINGEING SNP CUTS HAVE MADE OUR HOMES AND STREETS LESS SAFE FROM CRIMINALS

SPECIAL REPORT by BILL HEANEY Police officers up and down the country work tirelessly every day to keep us safe, and we thank them for

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LIBDEM LEADER: Sands of Scottish politics are now shifting in big and unpredictable ways

LIBDEM LEADER: Sands of Scottish politics are now shifting in big and unpredictable ways

Good and bad, this chamber will debate her legacy long after her departure Responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation statement in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon,

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PARLIAMENT: Spin and secrecy can’t disguise Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal record, say Tories

PARLIAMENT: Spin and secrecy can’t disguise Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal record, say Tories

By Bill Heaney Nicola Sturgeon was told in the Scottish Parliament today that no amount of spin and secrecy could disguise her record of failure

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STRIP OFF: Outrage at cost of 150th anniversary Scotland home shirt

STRIP OFF: Outrage at cost of 150th anniversary Scotland home shirt

Supporters believe the £90 price tag on the Scotland top is way too high The anniversary kit was launched to mark 150 years since the

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JOURNALISM: Society ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed changes to media relations guidance

JOURNALISM: Society ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed changes to media relations guidance

Society ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed changes to media relations guidance The Society of Editors is “deeply concerned” by proposed changes to the College of Policing’s

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