December 31, 2022 – THE DEMOCRAT

NHS AT BREAKING POINT: Doctors ask health board to declare major incident

December 31, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney That was the weekend that was. It was the weekend when A&E doctors urged NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board –

CAMPAIGN TO SHUT SHOPS ON NEW YEAR’S DAY

December 31, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie has backed retail trade union Usdaw’s call to give shopworkers a day off on New Year’s Day. The Dumbarton constituency

Police numbers have fallen every quarter since Keith Brown became justice secretary

December 31, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The number of police officers in Scotland has fallen in every quarter since Keith Brown was appointed SNP justice secretary. The officer

RELIGION: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI dies at 95

December 31, 2022 heaneymedia

Top picture: Pope Benedict XVI is welcomed to Scotland by Cardinal Keith O’Brien and the Scottish bishops with Monsignor Paul Conroy, Secretary to the Scottish

GARVACHY ROAD: Appeal court reserves judgement over Drumcree parade dispute

By Julian O’Neill, BBC Crime and Justice correspondent, and Mark Simpson, Community correspondent October 5, 2026 The Court of Appeal has reserved judgement in a bid by Garvaghy

One in five children in poverty: Councils require a big shake-up, says charity

5 October 2026 by JAMES COOK, BBC SCOTLAND EDITOR Scotland is on course to miss by a wide margin legally binding targets to cut child

HOUSING CRISIS: CABINET SECRETARY TELLS TORY MSP IT’S NOT WORTH TALKING ABOUT

Conservative Housing spokesperson Liam Kerr; Cabinet Secretary Shirley Ann Somerville and SNP MSP Paul McLennan. by BILL HEANEY There is a special place in my

SCOTTISH TORY LEADER RUSSELL FINDLAY’S SPEECH TO CONFERENCE

Conference speech by Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay Left to right: Russell Findlay, Andy Burnham, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The SNP came to power

JUSTICE: Thin blue line becoming thinner and Scottish prisons are bursting at the seams

by BILL HEANEY They used to be known as vigilantes, but in these turbulent times we are now dealing with the Scottish Government, which would

GARVAGHY ROAD: It seems the dead are easily forgotten

by Neil Mackay in the Herald “It seems the dead are easily forgotten. Men like Michael McGoldrick, Robert Hamill and Frank O’Reilly. Women like Rosemary

SWINNEY URGED TO COMMIT TO TALKS ON COUNCIL TAX

by BILL HEANEY John Swinney has been told he must ensure cross-party talks on council tax reform take place “as soon as possible”. The First

Royal Navy’s new attack submarine arrives at Faslane on the Gareloch

HMS Agamemnon arrived on the River Clyde after departing Barrow 4 October 2026 by LUCY ASHTON The Royal Navy’s newest Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine has arrived

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