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Day: November 8, 2021

First Native American in the US Cabinet visits Scotland’s first National Park

November 8, 2021 heaneymedia

By Elaine Brewer US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Loch Lomond and met with a local teenager to discuss the role for young

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COVID: Lib Dems to lead first parliamentary debate on long Covid support 

November 8, 2021 heaneymedia

Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton will lead the first Scottish Parliament debate on long Covid today, as new figures published this week show the number

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HEALTH MATTERS: Health board admits failings over hospital suicide

November 8, 2021 heaneymedia

Patient found unconscious in her room at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital By Lucy Ashton A health board has admitted failings after a woman killed herself

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BOOKS: A country slow to cast off its placid, stubborn misogyny.

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FICTION Normal Girls Eva Kenny November 2021 In the last five years or so, a flood of new books by young Irish women have been

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ENVIRONMENT: Antonine Wall Project voted top outdoors attraction at Engaging People Awards.

November 8, 2021 heaneymedia

By Euan McLean An innovative West Dunbartons hire Council- led project that brings to life the ancient Roman Antonine Wall has been honoured with a

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Recent Posts

  • FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
  •  The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families
  • Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …
  • Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying
  • ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON
  • Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

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FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …

FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
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 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families Young people aged 14 – 17 are invited to

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Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

The NUJ has criticised restrictions imposed on journalists, stopping them from accurately covering the count Perth and Kinross Council has restricted journalists from covering the

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Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), in partnership with local HSCPs and Hospices, has been working on the development of a draft

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ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

And Marie McNair keeps the SNP happy in Clydebank … by Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie was in seventh heaven tonight. The tears Jackie had shed

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Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

by Lucy Ashton One year ago, five-year-old Lachie Macdonald received life-saving cardiac surgery at the Royal Hospital for Children, which takes patients from West Dunbartonshire

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BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

Society Unholy Thoughts A skilful excavation of the ‘Presbyterian archive’ has produced a surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth-century Ulster, a veritable

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LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We are incredibly proud to shine a spotlight on Martyn McGinlay and Louise McGinlay, two amazing supporters who recently completed

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