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Day: December 4, 2021

POLITICS: Wendy Chamberlain is the new deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats

December 4, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney North East Fife MP Wendy Chamberlain has today been unveiled as the new deputy leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. A former

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SPORT: Scots female footballers to be celebrated with Hampden exhibition

December 4, 2021 heaneymedia

Singer Eddi Reader (right), whose grandmother captained Rutherglen Ladies, with former Scotland and Italy international Rose Reilly at the launch of the exhibition By Lucy

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OIL NO MORE: ‘Gloating’ Green chief Patrick Harvie blasted over Sturgeon North Sea oil boast

December 4, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Green chief Patick Harvie, pictured right, has been branded “oblivious” to the risk of mass unemployment after boasting he helped change

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HEALTH: Clinicians write to Sturgeon over ‘unfounded’ hospital criticism

December 4, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Criticism of the way the Health Board and Scottish government are tackling the ongoing crisis at the Queen Elizabeth Maternity Hospital and

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education: Consultation now open on proposals to benefit schools in Argyll and Bute

December 4, 2021 heaneymedia

Hermitage Academy badge and Yvonne McNeilly, Argyll Council’s Policy Lead for Education. By Aileen Maclennan Argyll and Bute Council have launched a website (www.EmpoweringOurEducators.co.uk) which

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FAMILIES: How to cope with co-parenting at Christmas

December 4, 2021 heaneymedia

Prepared by Paula Crowhurst from our family support network at Scullion LAW 29 November 2021 By Paula Crowhurst ’Twas the night before Christmas not a

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
  • Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond
  • YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE
  • Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition
  • Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme
  • October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

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Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

By Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent. Reporting from Rome 17 October 2026, 13:37 BST Updated 1 hour ago Pope Leo XIV has been discharged

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Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

The light aircraft crashed a few miles north east of Drymen near Stirling by Claire Diamond BBC Scotland News 17 October 2026 A 16-year-old boy

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YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

Nice to see someone has kept their sense of humour in the trying circumstances in which the people at the end of the phone are

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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading indoors feel like an especially good idea, and – at the Book

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Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival by Liam O’Heanai A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art

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October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

Pix by Pedro

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HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

Locals said the new supermarket would affect the town’s character and was not needed 15 October 2026 by Bill Heaney A controversial plan to site

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INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

parkswatchscotland by Nick Kempe An application for planning permission to the Loch Lomond Park Authority for a new access track to Honeypot Farm and Honeywagon

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