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Day: December 9, 2021

BUDGET: SNP/green PARTIES miserable 48 PENCE RISE WILL NOT CURE STAFF SHORTAGES IN SOCIAL CARE

December 9, 2021 heaneymedia

Finance Secretary Kate Forbes and Green Party leader Patrick Harvie. By Harry Bell in Edinburgh Ending Scotland’s contribution to climate change, tackling inequalities and investing

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HEALTH AND FITNESS: Leisure centres see drop in visitors

December 9, 2021 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The decision by West Dunbartonshire Council to move leisure services under the wing of an “arm’s length” company has backfired. Public use

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RELIGION: Pope says sex outside marriage is ‘not the most serious sin’

December 9, 2021 heaneymedia

9 December 2021 Pope says sex outside marriage is ‘not the most serious sin,’ but  pride and hatred were “the most serious” of sins. Laura

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SOS for Tourism: Appeal for national funding support for ROTHESAY PAVILION

December 9, 2021 heaneymedia

09 December 2021 By Aileen MacLennan Argyll and Bute Council will seek national funding support to meet pandemic and EU exit costs of completing Rothesay

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Anger over cut to multimillion fund to help our worst off children

December 9, 2021 heaneymedia

LABOUR CONDEMNS SNP CUT TO CASH FOR KIDS By Lucy Ashton West Dunbartonshire, which was recently identified as one of the councils in the top

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PARTRY TIME: PM accused of “rank hypocrisy” as over 70,000 people have been fined for lockdown parties

December 9, 2021 heaneymedia

Thursday, 9 December 2021 The Liberal Democrats have slammed Boris Johnson’s “rank hypocrisy” on the Number 10 Christmas party knees up while people were dying

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  • Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection
  • Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years
  • Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation
  • Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure
  • Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight
  • Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

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Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection

Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection

Lipton’s eight-carat gold trophy vanished from museum last year by BILL HEANEY An elderly man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a

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Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years

Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER A childminder who admitted to wilfully neglecting and abandoning children in her care has been jailed for two years. Amanda Mathewson had

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Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation

Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation

by BILL HEANEY Six men have been convicted following an illegal cryptocurrency operation valued at more than £6 million. Asim Afzal, 34, Aftab Allah, 36,

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Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure

Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure

Journalism is a vital part of our national infrastructure, and local news media is critical to the success of the government’s headline devolution agenda, Andy

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Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

White marble statues removed from the grave of Willy McGinley amid an ongoing planning investigation into the 4.5m-high structure.  The memorial pictured after the overnight

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Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

by Mairi McAllan, Minister for Education Child sexual abuse and exploitation are among the most serious harms that can be inflicted on a child. Our

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Date set for Scotland grooming gang inquiry chaired by Alexis Jay

Date set for Scotland grooming gang inquiry chaired by Alexis Jay

Thursday 5 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Scotland’s Education Secretary, Màiri McAllan, has announced that the public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation

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ROSNEATH CASTLE: Someone had to taste the Christmas Menu

ROSNEATH CASTLE: Someone had to taste the Christmas Menu

Someone had to taste the Christmas Menu.  We’ve been trying some of the dishes coming to Castle Isle this December, and choosing a favourite wasn’t

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