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Day: January 20, 2022

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

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

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

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

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

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

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More than £16m lost in Covid fraud and errors

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

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

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

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

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

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

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

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

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

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

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

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No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

The 34-year-old had been arrested at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, in March. by LUCY ASHTON No action is to be taken against an

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

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

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The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

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

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

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

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