January 2, 2023 – THE DEMOCRAT

Scottish Ambulance Service spends over 1,700 hours dealing with malicious calls

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has warned malicious calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service are putting lives at risk

POLITICS: MP has SNP whip restored following misconduct ban

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The falling apart SNP has restored the whip to Glasgow MP Patrick Grady following a suspension for making a sexual advance to

FESTIVE POEM: STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He

ALBION ROVERS 0 DUMBARTON 1: SCORER ALLY LOVE

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

SONS PICTURES BY JON LEINO Albion Rovers 0-1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers lost out 1-0 to league leaders Dumbarton on Saturday afternoon, with a goal from

NHS EMERGENCY: Sturgeon urged to recall parliament to debate crisis

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have demanded a recall of parliament this week to debate the escalating crisis in Scotland’s NHS. Shadow health secretary

SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

Jackie Baillie, John Swinney, Ross Greer and Peter Murrell – at odds over inquiry. by Bill Heaney SNP and Scottish Green MSPs have a “final

PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

Gartocharn lass Esmi Doherty shows off the fabulous silverware at the hugely successful Drymen and Strathendrick Agricultural Show. The best presented stockperson went to 8-year-old Esmi with

World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration

by Lucy Ashton Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie is supporting a proposal to encourage school pupils to embrace their national culture ahead of Scotland’s World Cup

ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

Roadworks on the Rest and Be Thankful will be withdrawn to cope with tourist traffic. by Lucy Ashton Summertime has come, and as the volume

Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

June 9 2026 by Bill Heaney Argyll and Bute Council is appealing to private property owners to repair their buildings after it has had to

Health Board team marks 20 years of 3D planning and printing

by Lucy Ashton A once highly specialised technology has now become an essential part of modern patient care, as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde marks

Too many Scots in agony for months on end, says Dumbarton MSP

by Bill Heaney NHS waiting lists “leaving Scots in agony”, Scottish Labour has warned as waits for pain management services rise. The number of patients

SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged MSPs to “back transparency over cover-up” as it lodges a motion calling for a Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into

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