December 29, 2021 – THE DEMOCRAT

Margaret of Argyll was unfairly vilified for her promiscuity, says writer of BBC drama. WARNING: PARENTAL GUIDANCE REQUIRED

December 29, 2021 heaneymedia

A Very British Scandal Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll, whose story has been serialised by the BBC, played here by the actor Claire Foy.

FASLANE-BASED SUB IS HOME IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS

December 29, 2021 heaneymedia

By Gavin Carr ROYAL NAVY Fleet submarine HMS Astute returned to her home port of HM Naval Base Clyde just before Christmas following a successful

Veteran lawyer Donald Findlay ousted from top of Scottish legal aid table

December 29, 2021 heaneymedia

Controversial Scottish lawyer Donald Findlay QC has lost his place the country’s top legal aid earner, reports Lucy Ashton The former Rangers vice-chairman’s income has been slashed

POLITICS: GIRD YOUR LOINS FOR MORE BUDGET CUTS FROM THE SNP

By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire Council’s SNP group leader is being hamstrung by his Nationalist colleagues in Edinburgh when it comes to finance for hard-pressed

Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU

$Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU$

As the annual drive to get fitter and healthier in the New Year is well underway, the Health Board is advising anyone who has a

More than £16m lost in Covid fraud and errors

Responding to comments from Auditor General Stephen Boyle to the Public Audit Committee that “somewhere between £16 million and £32 million” of the money committed

POLITICS: Tories who want Boris to resign ‘facing intimidation and blackmail’ and should contact police, MP says

MPs who are, or assumed to be wanting to oust the PM, have been threatened with having funding for projects in their constituencies pulled, a

SNP/GREENS INSIST NEW FIRE ALARM LEGISLATION COMES INTO FORCE IN FEBRUARY

The Democrat’s Bill Heaney with Sarah Boyack and Housing Minister Shona Robison. By Bill Heaney Every household in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute, which

RELIGION: Report faults retired Pope Benedict XVI for handling of sexual abuse cases

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter’s Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year. A long-awaited report on

Lady Mone faces questions over awarding of the contracts in the early days of the pandemic.

By Lucy Ashton Tory peer Baroness Mone is facing investigation by the Lords standards watchdog over the awarding of Government contracts worth more than £200m

SNP all at sea as flood defence projects are over budget and years behind schedule

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat rural affairs spokesperson Beatrice Wishart, pictured right, has hit out at the Scottish Government as it was revealed that

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