August 23, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

Dirty Day Five: Edinburgh’s mess is piling up, and so is Scotland’s

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney While First Minister Nicola Sturgeon continues to look the other way, Edinburgh enters its fifth day of bin strikes,. Deeply concerned about

JOURNALISM: Support the Reach strike at Lennox, Record and Sunday Mail

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

Journalists at Reach, the national newspaper company which owns The Dumbarton Lennox Herald, Daily Record and Sunday Mail, have rejected an offer of 3 per

Jagtar Singh Johal: Dumbarton family astonished by Secret Service tip-off claim

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

Jagtar Singh Johal (pictured right with his brother Gurpreet) has been held in India since November 2017. Picture credit Gurpreet Johal By Bill Heaney BBC

JOURNALISM: The Herald appoints Catherine Salmond as first female editor

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

Catherine Salmond is currently editor of The Scotland on Sunday The Herald newspaper in Glasgow has appointed Catherine Salmond as the first female editor in

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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