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Day: October 15, 2022

CAMPAIGN: Jagtar Singh Johal Trial date for Scot facing terrorism charges

October 15, 2022 heaneymedia

Mr Singh was detained by police in the Indian state of Punjab just two weeks after his wedding in 2017 By Bill Heaney BBC Scotland

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PLANNING: National Trust opposes Loch Lomond tourist resort

October 15, 2022 heaneymedia

Flamingo Land withdrew its first planning application in 2019 when more than 55,000 people objected By David Meikle in The Times of London There are

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GOVERNMENT TURMOIL: Who is in charge? Liz Truss or Jeremy Hunt?

October 15, 2022 heaneymedia

By Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg Who is in charge? Over the last couple of days you’d be forgiven for wondering if anyone

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Through its unimaginably darkest hour, where 10 lives were so abruptly ended, the best of Creeslough and Donegal shone through

October 15, 2022 heaneymedia

Creeslough: ‘This county is used to its share of tragedy. But nothing of this scale’ The village of Creeslough nestled below nearby Muckish mountain on

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FUNERALS: Mourners in Creeslough told father and daughter ‘always together’

October 15, 2022 heaneymedia

Updated / Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 16:02 The funerals of Robert Garwe and Shauna Flanagan Garwe were the final two of the ten victims of

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DONEGAL TRAGEDY: More than €1m fundraised for Creeslough community

October 15, 2022 heaneymedia

Saturday, 15 Oct 2022 16:26 Gardaí said yesterday that the investigation into the circumstances of the explosion at the Applegreen garage on the outskirts of

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  • WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE SCHOOL PUPILS EXPERIENCE WHAT REAL WORK’S LIKE
  • SNP Health Secretary Angela Constance visits Golden Jubilee Hospital
  • Community organisations successful in securing £600k grant funding
  • Why Clint Eastwood never yelled cut: The 7 best stories from his sets …
  • BUSINESS RATES: We need to build a system that incentivises growth, creates jobs, and helps towns thrive
  • Court rules that SNP failure to comply with FOI decision timescale was contempt

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WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE SCHOOL PUPILS EXPERIENCE WHAT REAL WORK’S LIKE

WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE SCHOOL PUPILS EXPERIENCE WHAT REAL WORK’S LIKE

Senior pupils in West Dunbartonshire have had a busy few weeks getting to take part in a range of hands-on work experiences to help them

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SNP Health Secretary Angela Constance visits Golden Jubilee Hospital

SNP Health Secretary Angela Constance visits Golden Jubilee Hospital

SNP Health Secretary Angela Constance today made “a dismal attempt to defend the indefensible” in a car crash interview in which she was quizzed over

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Community organisations successful in securing £600k grant funding

Community organisations successful in securing £600k grant funding

by Lucy Ashton Community groups are celebrating after receiving a share of £600,000 from the Pride in Place Impact Fund community grant scheme. Community groups

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Why Clint Eastwood never yelled cut: The 7 best stories from his sets …

Why Clint Eastwood never yelled cut: The 7 best stories from his sets …

  As the filmmaker and actor’s composer son announces his dad has retired, we’ve looked back on some of the nicest, strangest, and funniest anecdotes

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BUSINESS RATES: We need to build a system that incentivises growth, creates jobs, and helps towns thrive

BUSINESS RATES: We need to build a system that incentivises growth, creates jobs, and helps towns thrive

SNP’s Jenny Gilruth and Labour’s Michael Marra. by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged the SNP to back its calls for a review of business

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Court rules that SNP failure to comply with FOI decision timescale was contempt

Court rules that SNP failure to comply with FOI decision timescale was contempt

3 June 2026 First Minister John Swinney, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie and Information Commissioner David Hamilton. by Bill Heaney The Court of Session has issued

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Swinney says £660,000 independence fund used on SNP ‘objectives’

Swinney says £660,000 independence fund used on SNP ‘objectives’

by Angus Cochrane Senior political journalist, BBC Scotland More than £660,000 raised by the SNP for an independence referendum campaign has been used on the

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IT’S TIME JOURNALISTS PUT SPIN DOCTORS IN THEIR PLACE

IT’S TIME JOURNALISTS PUT SPIN DOCTORS IN THEIR PLACE

Former Dumbarton-based reporter Eric Wishart discusses the mistreatment of journalists. by Democrat reporter The importance of solidarity among journalists was a key theme in the

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