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Day: May 12, 2022

Partygate: More than 100 fines handed out over Covid law-breaking, say Met Police

May 12, 2022 heaneymedia

Scotland Yard update reveals ‘shocking scale’ of rule-breaking, say Opposition By Bill Heaney The Metropolitan Police has announced that the number of fines handed out to

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NATIONAL PARKS: The state of democracy in our National Parks appears dire

May 12, 2022 heaneymedia

Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park local member elections This (above) was how on 11th April the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park Authority  notified

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NEWS: Farewell Faslane – minehunter HMS Shoreham leaves the Clyde after 20 years’ service

May 12, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton HMS Shoreham has departed Clyde Naval Base – her home for the past two decade – for the last time, beginning a

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MEDIA BY HAMISH MACKAY

May 12, 2022 heaneymedia

By Hamish Mackay A new report reveals that some 80% of journalists come from professional and upper-class backgrounds, as the number of the people working

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ABORTION: Call for minister to resign after protest outside sexual health clinic

May 12, 2022 heaneymedia

On Wednesday afternoon, two protesters were seen shouting and arguing outside the Sandyford clinic. STV News is reporting that campaigners have called for the resignation

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SPORT: Celtic celebrate clinching Scottish Premiership title

May 12, 2022 heaneymedia

Celtic have won the Scottish Premiership title for the 10th time in 11 seasons after drawing with a gutsy Dundee United at Tannadice last night.

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • NHS WAITING LISTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE STURGEON WAS APPOINTED, SAYS MSP BAILLIE
  • PARLIAMENT: SARWAR PLACES STURGEON ON THE SPOT AT HER LAST QUESTION TIME
  • VALEDICTORY SPEECH BY FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT
  • POLICE: HOW SWINGEING SNP CUTS HAVE MADE OUR HOMES AND STREETS LESS SAFE FROM CRIMINALS
  • LIBDEM LEADER: Sands of Scottish politics are now shifting in big and unpredictable ways
  • PARLIAMENT: Spin and secrecy can’t disguise Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal record, say Tories

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NHS WAITING LISTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE STURGEON WAS APPOINTED, SAYS MSP BAILLIE

NHS WAITING LISTS HAVE DOUBLED SINCE STURGEON WAS APPOINTED, SAYS MSP BAILLIE

By Lucy Ashton Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, deputy leader of the Labour Party in Scotland, was not for letting First Minister Nicola Sturgeon away lightly

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PARLIAMENT: SARWAR PLACES STURGEON ON THE SPOT AT HER LAST QUESTION TIME

PARLIAMENT: SARWAR PLACES STURGEON ON THE SPOT AT HER LAST QUESTION TIME

Labour leader Anas Sarwar and now resigned First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. By Bill Heaney We live in serious times, with the cost of living crisis

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VALEDICTORY SPEECH BY FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

VALEDICTORY SPEECH BY FIRST MINISTER NICOLA STURGEON TO THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

                        First Minister Nicola Sturgeon I have just concluded my 286th and final session

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POLICE: HOW SWINGEING SNP CUTS HAVE MADE OUR HOMES AND STREETS LESS SAFE FROM CRIMINALS

POLICE: HOW SWINGEING SNP CUTS HAVE MADE OUR HOMES AND STREETS LESS SAFE FROM CRIMINALS

SPECIAL REPORT by BILL HEANEY Police officers up and down the country work tirelessly every day to keep us safe, and we thank them for

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LIBDEM LEADER: Sands of Scottish politics are now shifting in big and unpredictable ways

LIBDEM LEADER: Sands of Scottish politics are now shifting in big and unpredictable ways

Good and bad, this chamber will debate her legacy long after her departure Responding to Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation statement in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon,

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PARLIAMENT: Spin and secrecy can’t disguise Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal record, say Tories

PARLIAMENT: Spin and secrecy can’t disguise Nicola Sturgeon’s dismal record, say Tories

By Bill Heaney Nicola Sturgeon was told in the Scottish Parliament today that no amount of spin and secrecy could disguise her record of failure

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STRIP OFF: Outrage at cost of 150th anniversary Scotland home shirt

STRIP OFF: Outrage at cost of 150th anniversary Scotland home shirt

Supporters believe the £90 price tag on the Scotland top is way too high The anniversary kit was launched to mark 150 years since the

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JOURNALISM: Society ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed changes to media relations guidance

JOURNALISM: Society ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed changes to media relations guidance

Society ‘deeply concerned’ by proposed changes to media relations guidance The Society of Editors is “deeply concerned” by proposed changes to the College of Policing’s

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