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Day: January 13, 2023

SCHOOLS CRISIS: Teaching union blasts ‘wasted opportunity’ as further strikes loom

January 13, 2023 heaneymedia

Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association said it has ‘no option’ but more strike action after failed talks ‘Wasted opportunity’: Teaching strikes are set to continue after

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COUNCIL VICTIMISED AND UNLAWFULLY DISCRIMINATED AGAINST DISABLED EMPLOYEE: UPDATED TODAY, JAN 13, 2023

January 13, 2023 heaneymedia

Picture: Former council health and safety officer Brian Gourlay walking his dogs in Dumbarton. SPECIAL REPORT by Bill Heaney Updated Friday, January 13, 2023 West

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NHS CRISIS: BAILLIE DEMANDS SNP USE VACANT WARDS AT VALE OF LEVEN HOSPITAL

January 13, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie has called for unused wards at the Vale of Leven Hospital to be used to tackle the crisis in the

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WHAT’S ON AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT BULLETIN

January 13, 2023 heaneymedia

Parliamentary business Chamber business starts with time for reflection on Tuesday at 2 pm and includes First Minister’s Questions (with British Sign Language – BSL – interpreting) at 12 noon on

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CLYDE BID FOR FIRST GREEN FREEPORTS IGNORED BY GOVERNMENTS

January 13, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Sites at Cromarty Firth and the Forth have been selected to host Scotland’s first green freeports – but Clydeside has been overlooked.

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Cardinal George Pell dies, aged 81, following hip surgery

January 13, 2023 heaneymedia

By David Estcourt and Georgina Mitchell The Vatican plans to hold a Requiem Mass to commemorate Cardinal George Pell, who died of cardiac arrest following hip replacement

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  • Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond
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  • Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition
  • Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme
  • October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

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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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