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Day: May 24, 2022

TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES: THE SNP HAVEN’T A SCOOBY ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORT

May 24, 2022 heaneymedia

Jenny Gilruth (left) has been told golf and football festivals will be hit by the impact of ScotRail’s temporary timetable and alternative transport. And workers

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Calling all competitors! Join the Loch Lomond Highland Games!

May 24, 2022 heaneymedia

Published 24 May 2022 It’s time to dust off your kilts as the Loch Lomond Highland Games returns after two years to the Moss O’

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MAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY: Don’t forget to fill your prescriptions

May 24, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton On the May public holiday (Monday 30th May) and Jubilee (Friday 03rd June), GPs and most pharmacies will be closed across NHSGGC. Services will

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EDUCATION: West Dunbartonshire Pupils apply for free bus travel

May 24, 2022 heaneymedia

Published 23 May 2022 By Lucy Ashton More than half of West Dunbartonshire pupils have applied for free bus travel, placing the area as the

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RELIGION: General Assembly endorses Friendship between Kirk and Catholic Church

May 24, 2022 heaneymedia

The Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. By Cameron Brooks Commissioners at the 2022 General Assembly

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  • Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    
  • School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately
  • DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans
  • PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?
  • HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 
  • Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

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Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election     

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have won the Girvan and South Carrick by–election, gaining the seat from the SNP.   South Ayrshire resident Alan Lamont becomes

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School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

By Lucy Ashton Strikes that will close schools across Scotland are set to go ahead after UNISON unsurprisingly rejected a new pay deal which the

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DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

By Bill Heaney Getting a straight answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament can often be like pulling teeth. And so it was when

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PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison and Labour leader Anas Sarwar By Bill Heaney The consultation on the council tax multiplier is looking at how we

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HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

Lynn Smith discovered that she had kidney failure two years after giving birth to her now 17-year-old daughter, Erin. Five years later she had a

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Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Price of drink up again as SNP roll out a 65p minimum unit price The Scottish Government wants to ‘hit responsible drinkers during a cost-of-living

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COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

They are now ‘demanding’ strike suspension as ‘best and final’ offer made Most primary and secondary schools in Scotland face closures from Tuesday, September 26,

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WHY CUTS IN SERVICES HAVE COME BACK TO HAUNT POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

WHY CUTS IN SERVICES HAVE COME BACK TO HAUNT POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

Hospitals and health centres which serve patients from West Dunbartonshire. By Bill Heaney Read this and weep. All the main hospitals and health centres serving

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