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Day: March 6, 2022

Nearly 3000 secure spaces for bikes are to appear on Glasgow’s streets

March 6, 2022 heaneymedia

Lockdown saw more people choosing two wheels over four, but with more bikes around there’s been a rise in thefts Bike hanger: Nearly 3000 coming

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What Scotland can learn from Ireland’s gender self-ID scheme

March 6, 2022 heaneymedia

Scotland plans to make it easier for trans people to self-declare their gender By Polly Bartlett of STV News I went to the Republic of

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JOURNALISM: The 30-year-old man who posed as teen and went back to Scots school was Jackie Bird’s biggest scoop

March 6, 2022 heaneymedia

Brian Mackinnon was 32 when he returned to his old high school and fooled classmates and teachers into thinking he was a Canadian teenager 6

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ANNIVERSARY: Carnage on the Clyde: A World War II cover up

March 6, 2022 heaneymedia

Clydebank Blitz Memorial Service – Saturday 12 March 2022 Saturday 12 March ( 11:00 – 12:00 ) Blitz Memorial , Old Dalnottar Cemetery, Great Western Road,

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SECRET SCOTLAND: More than half of Scots councils do not publish data

March 6, 2022 heaneymedia

Ferret investigation by Billy Briggs March 3, 2022 Over half of councils do not make data publicly available and Scotland is “lagging behind other countries”

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Argyll and Bute pupils are being consulted on school leadership proposals

March 6, 2022 heaneymedia

By Aileen Maclennan Young people in Argyll and Bute schools are having their say on their local council’s proposals for a new ‘collective’ model for

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  • REFUGEES: Bishops’ statement in response to the UK Government’s Illegal Immigration Bill.
  • HEALTH: Lib Dems to launch dentistry ad campaign
  • Rupert Murdoch to marry for fifth time as he announces engagement to Ann Lesley Smith
  • LEADERSHIP: Catholic Church blasts attacks on Kate Forbes
  • SNP in ‘tremendous mess’ leadership contest, says Mike Russell
  • HEALTH: PRIMARY CARE INVESTIGATION

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REFUGEES: Bishops’ statement in response to the UK Government’s Illegal Immigration Bill.

REFUGEES: Bishops’ statement in response to the UK Government’s Illegal Immigration Bill.

The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland have issued the following statement in response to the UK Government’s Illegal Immigration Bill. “People come to the UK for

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HEALTH: Lib Dems to launch dentistry ad campaign

HEALTH: Lib Dems to launch dentistry ad campaign

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrats are set to launch a digital ad campaign highlighting the SNP’s failure to support NHS dentistry. The campaign comes

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Rupert Murdoch to marry for fifth time as he announces engagement to Ann Lesley Smith

Rupert Murdoch to marry for fifth time as he announces engagement to Ann Lesley Smith

Rupert Murdoch and girlfriend Ann Lesley Smith are engaged, just seven months after the News Corp chairman reached a divorce settlement with his now-ex-wife, Jerry

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LEADERSHIP: Catholic Church blasts attacks on Kate Forbes

LEADERSHIP: Catholic Church blasts attacks on Kate Forbes

Church says many Scotland’s Catholics ‘feel marginalised’ by the infighting over religion and issues such as gay marriage, abortion and gender conversion, which could potentially

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SNP in ‘tremendous mess’ leadership contest, says Mike Russell

SNP in ‘tremendous mess’ leadership contest, says Mike Russell

SNP President Mike Russell, back in charge. BBC Scotland is reporting that there is “tremendous mess” in the SNP over the party’s leadership race, the

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HEALTH: PRIMARY CARE INVESTIGATION

HEALTH: PRIMARY CARE INVESTIGATION

Growing patient lists and unsafe working: patients and doctors speak out from the front lines of primary care Amid rising concerns over heavy patient lists

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PROTEST: Green’s co-leader Patrick Harvie says an independent Scotland would abolish the monarchy

PROTEST: Green’s co-leader Patrick Harvie says an independent Scotland would abolish the monarchy

Patrick Harvie slated after confirming he would be protesting against King Charles during Coronation Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie The Scottish Greens have announced that

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DUMBARTON 1 ALBION ROVERS 5

DUMBARTON 1 ALBION ROVERS 5

It was a day to wear black at the Rock yesterday. Sons had that funereal look about them as they went down 5-1 to Albion

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