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Day: January 25, 2023

Cost of living crisis raises serious concerns for adoption, warns charity

January 25, 2023 heaneymedia

By Harry Bell Nine out of ten prospective adopters say the cost-of-living crisis is affecting their decisions about adoption, according to a December 2022 survey

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Case of transgender rapist highlights huge flaw in gender Bill, says Findlay

January 25, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Fears over the refusal of the SNP to include key safeguards in their controversial GRR Bill have been vindicated by the high-profile

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MUSIC: HOSPICE FUND-RAISER THIS SUNDAY AT BURGH BAR

January 25, 2023 heaneymedia
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Paramedics say people are becoming ill because their homes are so cold

January 25, 2023 heaneymedia

By Andrew Picken,  BBC Scotland News Ambulance crews say they are treating a growing number of patients who are falling ill because they are unable

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MEDIA REVIEW: Local newspapers could be facing ‘severe difficulties’

January 25, 2023 heaneymedia

HAMISH MACKAY A new report warns that local newspapers could face ‘severe difficulties’ or even closure in print in the coming months. HoldtheFrontPage reports that The

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POLITICS: SNP ‘presiding over a national housing crisis’

January 25, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The SNP Government will today stand accused of “presiding over a national housing crisis” when the Scottish Conservatives use their party-business slot

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  • World Cup brings together football, Scottish country dance and physical activity for a schools’ celebration
  • ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL
  • Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh
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SNP AND GREENS HAVE ‘FINAL CHANCE TO DO THE RIGHT THING,’ SAYS BAILLIE

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

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PICTURES: DRYMEN SHOW EXTRA SPECIAL

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

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

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

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ROADWORKS TAKE A BREAK ON THE REST AND BE THANKFUL

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

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Dangerous building closes important road in Helensburgh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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