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Day: January 10, 2023

EDUCATION: BAILLIE IN SUPPORT OF STRIKING TEACHERS

January 10, 2023 heaneymedia

EIS members and pupils at rally outside West Dunbartonshire Council’s Church Street offices. By Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie has indicated her support for teachers on

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EXPOSED: Man linked to Chinese ‘secret police station’ wined and dined politicians

January 10, 2023 heaneymedia

Investigation by Jamie Mann of The Ferret The man behind a Glasgow restaurant accused of being a Chinese secret police station has wined and dined

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HEALTH: MSP’S CONCERN OVER THREAT TO DEMENTIA WARDS FROM BASKET CASE COMMITTEE

January 10, 2023 heaneymedia

Pictured above are the threatened Glenarn Ward at Dumbarton Joint Hospital, Jackie Baillie MSP and the Fruin Ward at the Vale of Leven Hospital. By

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GRAVY TRAIN: MPs receive £15.2m from second jobs since 2019 election

January 10, 2023 heaneymedia

Study shows income of Conservatives such as Theresa May and Boris Johnson Tory MPs have received £15.2 million from second jobs since the last general

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Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

By Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent. Reporting from Rome 17 October 2026, 13:37 BST Updated 1 hour ago Pope Leo XIV has been discharged

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Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

The light aircraft crashed a few miles north east of Drymen near Stirling by Claire Diamond BBC Scotland News 17 October 2026 A 16-year-old boy

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YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

Nice to see someone has kept their sense of humour in the trying circumstances in which the people at the end of the phone are

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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

View this email in your browser Autumn is fully upon us 🍂 October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading

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Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival by Liam O’Heanai A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art

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October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

Pix by Pedro

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HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

Locals said the new supermarket would affect the town’s character and was not needed 15 October 2026 by Bill Heaney A controversial plan to site

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INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

parkswatchscotland by Nick Kempe An application for planning permission to the Loch Lomond Park Authority for a new access track to Honeypot Farm and Honeywagon

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