January 1, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

SCOTS IN NEW YEAR’S Honours LIST 2022

January 1, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton New Year Honours have been given to people who make outstanding contributions to their community and country, with the list acknowledging 1,278 people

FISHING: Wild salmon tracking Initiative seeks to revive fortunes of iconic species

January 1, 2022 heaneymedia

Wild salmon fighting its way in the River Endrick on Loch Lomondside. Picture by Stewart Cunningham By Bill Heaney An ambitious project is harnessing the

FARMING: Creating opportunities for women in agriculture

January 1, 2022 heaneymedia

Drymen Show – more and more local women are training to be farmers. By Lucy Ashton More women and girls living and working in agriculture

Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

by BILL HEANEY Dumbarton’s Reform Party MSP David Smith has asked the Scottish Government, “in light of its commitment to a 16 per cent increase

Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church

by BILL HEANEY The dramatic scale of the vocations crisis which faces the Catholic Church in the coming years has been revealed in a new

Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

Health and social care chiefs in Glasgow are aiming to save £20m by April 2027 due to ‘increasingly challenging’ funding pressures. Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy

Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Scotland Business Edinburgh, Fife & East Glasgow & West Highlands & Islands NE, Orkney & Shetland South Tayside & Central Alba Glasgow City Council

ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We were honoured to attend a special Civic Reception hosted by the Right Hon. Lord Provost of Glasgow, alongside renowned

The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

The Wee Coaching Company OK, the tea is most definitely spilling now… Over the last week, we have been able to share quite a few

CHILDREN ARE BEING LET DOWN BY AGENCIES SET UP TO ASSIST THEM

by BILL HEANEY Parents whose children don’t live with them have a moral responsibility to contribute fairly to the financial costs of raising them, an

AUTUMN GOLD: ENJOY A DAY OUT AT LOCH KATRINE

Loch Katrine Discover Autumn Gold offers at Loch Katrine, home of Steamship Sir Walter Scott. Cruise through the spectacular autumn colours of the Trossachs, explore

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