February 4, 2023 – THE DEMOCRAT

Council takes a holiday to mark King’s Coronation

February 4, 2023 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire Council will give everyone a holiday on Monday, 8 May 2023, to allow employees to celebrate His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation. Everyone

Boris Johnson praises Nicola Sturgeon as ‘far nicer’ than expected

February 4, 2023 heaneymedia

Boris Johnson and Nadine Dorries, who interviewed him on TV on Friday night. The former Prime Minister actually praised the First Minister when he appeared

JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

By PETER DIAMOND THE Irish Voice was treated to an evening reception at the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh to celebrate the newspaper’s 10th anniversary. On

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have won the Girvan and South Carrick by–election, gaining the seat from the SNP. South Ayrshire resident Alan Lamont becomes

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

By Lucy Ashton Strikes that will close schools across Scotland are set to go ahead after UNISON unsurprisingly rejected a new pay deal which the

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

By Bill Heaney Getting a straight answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament can often be like pulling teeth. And so it was when

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison and Labour leader Anas Sarwar By Bill Heaney The consultation on the council tax multiplier is looking at how we

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant

Lynn Smith discovered that she had kidney failure two years after giving birth to her now 17-year-old daughter, Erin. Five years later she had a

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Price of drink up again as SNP roll out a 65p minimum unit price The Scottish Government wants to ‘hit responsible drinkers during a cost-of-living

COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

They are now ‘demanding’ strike suspension as ‘best and final’ offer made Most primary and secondary schools in Scotland face closures from Tuesday, September 26,

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