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Day: January 10, 2022

POLITICS: Anas Sarwar tells Scottish Labour to rule out council coalitions with SNP and Tories

January 10, 2022 heaneymedia

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar campaigning with Jackie Baillie MSP for Dumbarton at Vale of Leven Hospital in Alexandria. By Lucy Ashton The Glasgow Herald

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Postcards from the Pandemic (Or learning to live with Covid)

January 10, 2022 heaneymedia

By the Shanachie Someone told me that there is a Green Man in the old cemetery in Dumbarton. I was intrigued. I imagined a being

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ANOTHER COUNCIL BLUNDER: LACK OF CASH PUTS PLAN FOR A82 RELIEF ROAD IN SERIOUS DOUBT

January 10, 2022 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK Senior West Dunbartonshire Council officers say the project for a relief road by-passing Milton village and Dumbuck junction – part of £ multi-million Glasgow

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HEALTH MATTERS: Community Assessment Centres (CACs) – a vital tool in our COVID-19 armoury

January 10, 2022 heaneymedia

Pictured: Some of the Barr Street team and above Vale of Leven from the air. By Lucy Ashton One of the first major responses to

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JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

By PETER DIAMOND THE Irish Voice was treated to an evening reception at the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh to celebrate the newspaper’s 10th anniversary. On

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Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election     

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have won the Girvan and South Carrick by–election, gaining the seat from the SNP.   South Ayrshire resident Alan Lamont becomes

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School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

By Lucy Ashton Strikes that will close schools across Scotland are set to go ahead after UNISON unsurprisingly rejected a new pay deal which the

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DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

By Bill Heaney Getting a straight answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament can often be like pulling teeth. And so it was when

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PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison and Labour leader Anas Sarwar By Bill Heaney The consultation on the council tax multiplier is looking at how we

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HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

Lynn Smith discovered that she had kidney failure two years after giving birth to her now 17-year-old daughter, Erin. Five years later she had a

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Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Price of drink up again as SNP roll out a 65p minimum unit price The Scottish Government wants to ‘hit responsible drinkers during a cost-of-living

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COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

They are now ‘demanding’ strike suspension as ‘best and final’ offer made Most primary and secondary schools in Scotland face closures from Tuesday, September 26,

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