January 12, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

JOURNALISM: Challenges around access to hearings and the disclosure of court orders and documents.

January 12, 2022 heaneymedia

Reporters’ Charter needed to protect rights of court reporters The introduction of a reporters’ charter would help to ensure the rights of journalists are recognised

ROADS: Smart motorway rollout to be paused as Government responds to Transport Committee report

January 12, 2022 heaneymedia

Rollout of new All Lane Running smart motorway schemes will be paused until five years of safety data available Current stretches of smart motorway to be further upgraded with best-in-class technology and resources

LOCKDOWN RESPITE: Gartnavel green spaces are just what the doctor ordered

January 12, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Monty Don and Alan Titchmarsh don’t have a look-in. Gartnavel General Hospital at Anniesland has looked after thousands of patients during COVID-19.

LibDems demand for action over 100,000 “horror” sewage spills

Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, LibDem spokesperson Sanne Dijkstra-Downie and SNP Cabinet Secretary Gillian Martin. by BILL HEANEY Scottish Water is at the centre of yet

LABOUR AND LIBDEMS ask Offord if Reform UK Scotland has benefited from foreign donations

LibDem David Green and Reform UK Scottish leader Malcolm Offord. by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat public service reform spokesperson David Green MSP has today

BATTLE OF THE BOATS: HMS Dolphin Tug O’ War Challenge Cup.

by CARYS WILLIAMS Submariners are accustomed to operating in demanding environments where success depends upon every individual pulling in the same direction. That teamwork took

SUPPORTERS ARE ASKING IF POLICE SCOTLAND ARRESTS OF OLD FIRM FANS ARE DISPROPORTIONATE

Save our city: This mayhem needs to stop now by BILL HEANEY Are Celtic fans getting a fair deal from Police Scotland, whose officers continue

West Highland railway line to close in November for £13m upgrade

The work will make the route more resilient in periods of severe weather by LUCY ASHTON The West Highland Line, which runs through Dumbarton, Helensburgh

SNP FACES CRITICISM FOR DROPPING PROMISED NEURODIVERGENCE BILL

by BILL HEANEY The SNP has faced criticism for ditching plans to deliver new legislation to support people with learning disabilities and neurodivergent people, including

Epidemic of violence against women and girls demands immediate action, Dumbarton MSP tells Parliament

Dame Jackie Baillie, First Minister John Swinney and Lord Advocate Ruth Charteris. by BILL HEANEY Violence against women and girls is a global problem and

CARMAGEDDON: SCOTTISH WATER’S £4 MILLION DALREOCH SEWAGE PIPE PROJECT CAUSES CHAOS

by John Young An inauspicious start to Day One of the roadworks in Dumbarton was caused by Scottish Water installing a new sewer pipe at

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