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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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Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect

Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect

Russell Findlay on the election campaign trail amongst farmers. by Bill Heaney The Scottish Conservatives will today (Wednesday) publish a dedicated rural manifesto designed to

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REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

REFORM “NOT ON THE SIDE OF WORKING PEOPLE” SAYS O’KANE

by Bill Heaney UK Reform leader Malcolm Offord today criticised increases to the minimum wage and improvements to workers’ rights across the UK. Scottish Labour

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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