September 1, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL TURNS FINAL PAGE

September 1, 2022 heaneymedia

Happy staff wind up the Book Festival in Edinburgh Art College courtyard. By Bill Heaney Edinburgh Book Festival is about to turn to the final

ENERGY PRICES: Labour sets out proposals to freeze energy price cap

September 1, 2022 heaneymedia

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will travel to Scotland on Wednesday. By Lucy Ashton Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves travelled to Scotland on Wednesday where she

HEALTH: Volunteer Margaret is the friend you haven’t met yet

September 1, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lizzie Healey A Vale of Leven volunteer, who returned to the hospital after just one week of retirement, is celebrating working with the community

INQUIRY: Cameron House: Final day of evidence over fatal fire

September 1, 2022 heaneymedia

The fire tore through Cameron House Hotel on 18 December 2017 BBC Scotland is reporting that the inquiry into the fatal fire at Cameron House

CRIME: Co-op boss warns of shoplifting ‘anarchy’

By Bill Heaney The Co-op had stores everywhere in West Dunbartonshire – Dumbarton Equitable Co-operative Society, Valeco, Helensburgh and Clydebank Co-op for a start –

JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

By PETER DIAMOND THE Irish Voice was treated to an evening reception at the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh to celebrate the newspaper’s 10th anniversary. On

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

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

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

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

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

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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