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Day: March 27, 2022

JOURNALISM: Value of Lennox and Record publisher Reach plunges 25% 

March 27, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The value of the publisher of the Daily Record, Daily Mirror and Daily Express plus the Lennox Herald and 200 other local

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NATIONAL PARK: DANGER WARNING AFTER POISONOUS ALGAE SPOTTED IN LOCH LOMOND

March 27, 2022 heaneymedia

Warning issued after toxic blue-green algae identified at beauty spot Rangers have urged people to be vigilant when near water at Loch Lomond and The

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Controversy over erection of of plastic tree tubes along the River Larig in Balquhidder

March 27, 2022 heaneymedia

Plastering Balquhidder with plastic – the inspirational leadership of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority March 25, 2022 By Nick Kempe of Parkswatch

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BOOKS: Colm Tóibín wins Rathbones Folio prize for The Magician

March 27, 2022 heaneymedia

Fictionalised biography of writer Thomas Mann beats Booker prize-winner Damon Galgut   Colm Tóibín interview: ‘Boris Johnson would be a blood clot … Angela Merkel the

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RENTON: Body found in house fire as police probe ‘suspicious’ death

RENTON: Body found in house fire as police probe ‘suspicious’ death

Fire crews were called to reports of a fire at a property in Tontine Park, Renton, early on Saturday morning West Dunbartonshire: Body found in

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FLAMINGO LAND: INVESTIGATION BY NICK KEMPE OF PARKSWATCH SCOTLAND

FLAMINGO LAND: INVESTIGATION BY NICK KEMPE OF PARKSWATCH SCOTLAND

Flamingo Land’s third planning application on Loch Lomond in trouble March 26, 2023 I had hoped to cover the members debate that took place in

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LOCH LOMOND: Heather about to weather a storm of criticism about the National Park

LOCH LOMOND: Heather about to weather a storm of criticism about the National Park

Heather Reid, Convener of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority. Newly elected National Park Convener Heather Reid shares her thoughts on leading the

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CRUACHAN DRAMA: Hill walker flown to hospital by helicopter

CRUACHAN DRAMA: Hill walker flown to hospital by helicopter

Mountain Rescue workers were called out to a casualty on Ben Cruachan. By Democrat reporter A hillwalker was rushed to hospital by helicopter yesterday after

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Fact check: Nicola Sturgeon takes credit for success of others

Fact check: Nicola Sturgeon takes credit for success of others

By Ferret Investigative Journalists Picture by ANDREW COWAN Nicola Sturgeon faced MSPs for the final time at first ministers’ questions (FMQs) on Thursday, ahead of

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SNP SHAMBLES: Fraud squad ask party about expensive purchases and gifts

SNP SHAMBLES: Fraud squad ask party about expensive purchases and gifts

Sturgeon and Murrell have resigned as questions keep coming over ‘indyref2’ cash By Democrat reporter The Sunday Mail is reporting that SNP is being probed over

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JOURNALISM: How columnists were complicit in one of the great con jobs of modern times

JOURNALISM: How columnists were complicit in one of the great con jobs of modern times

Who says journalists never take a long, hard look at themselves in the mirror? Fintan O’Toole in The Irish Times In all the reflections this

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SNP leadership favourites will each cost the taxpayer over £1.6 billion

SNP leadership favourites will each cost the taxpayer over £1.6 billion

Splash the cash Forbes says she’ll increase childcare payments to £40, and pay £15 an hour for social care workers … By Bill Heaney Pledges

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