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Day: April 6, 2022

MENTAL HEALTH: MORE THAN HALF CHILDREN LEFT WAITING LONGER THAN 18 WEEKS

April 6, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton constituency, has demanded action on ‘shocking’ waits for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) with the

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A domestic Scottish game without the Old Firm would feel like liberation, says Gerry Hassan in The Scottish Review

April 6, 2022 heaneymedia

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon must be embarrassed by the disgrace that attaches itself to every Rangers V Celtic game. Scotland’s SNP government has been in 

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EDUCATION: Argyll and Bute feature in Scotland’s national review

April 6, 2022 heaneymedia

By Aileen Maclennan Argyll and Bute Council’s ongoing work to develop nurturing cultures across its school communities has been highlighted in Education Scotland’s National Health and Wellbeing Review.

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Ukraine has experienced “the most terrible war crimes” since the Second World War, says Zelensky

April 6, 2022 heaneymedia

By agency reporters Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for the establishment of trials similar to those conducted in Nuremberg after the second World War to

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GENDER: ‘Safe To Be Me’ LGBT conference cancelled after boycott

April 6, 2022 heaneymedia

By Josh Parry, LGBT producer & Lauren Moss, LGBT correspondent BBC News , The BBC understands there were hours of talks in an attempt to

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LONDON LETTER: Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

LONDON LETTER: Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

London letter from Rt Rev Rosie Frew I’ve just arrived home after two nights in Canterbury celebrating the Installation of the the new Archbishop. A

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HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT ST AUGUSTINE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HIGH STREET

HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT ST AUGUSTINE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HIGH STREET
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MIDDLE EAST WAR: Two journalists reportedly killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

MIDDLE EAST WAR: Two journalists reportedly killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

Above: The site of an Israeli strike that targeted an apartment in Beirut’s southern suburb of Jnah on Saturday.  Conor Pope in The Irish Times

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Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

by Louise Wilson in Holyrood magazine Artwork credit: Iain Green The politician formerly known as a lord wants you to know he’s just a wee

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DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

Archdiocese of Glasgow It is with sorrow that the death is announced of Fr Pat Currie, former Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Maryhill and St

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Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

by Lucy Ashton A pilot scheme within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to help people into work has been hailed a success by everyone involved.

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HOLYROOD ELECTION RACE IS OFF AND RUNNING …

HOLYROOD ELECTION RACE IS OFF AND RUNNING …

by Bill Heaney The Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) have announced candidates for Holyrood including for Dumbarton, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, where well

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Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

PICTURED ABOVE: First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane.  War in

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