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Day: February 5, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

MATCH REPORT || DUMBARTON Given that we have just had the annual month of Rabbie Burns celebrations – and that they are still going on

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Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Real IRA bomb that exploded in Co Tyrone killed 29 people Police officers and firefighters inspecting the damage caused by the Omagh Bomb. By Bill

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Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Labour councillors Danny Lennie and Michelle McGinty – compassionate support for parents. By Bill Heaney Parents working for West Dunbartonshire Council will be offered compassionate

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MINING: THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR ARGYLLSHIRE HILLS

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Phillip Day wants to expand the company and develop “satellite mines” near Cononish. By David Henderson BBC Scotland business correspondent As a four-wheel drive truck

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HOLYROOD MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DUMBARTON MSP JACKIE BAILLIE

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Jackie Baillie: I don’t remember Nicola Sturgeon as a feminist and the GRR is all about her legacy   by Margaret Taylor 30 January 2023 Scottish

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SNP have short-changed the NHS by £17.6 billion since coming to power

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The SNP have underfunded Scotland’s NHS by a “staggering” £17.6 billion since coming to power, according to analysis of Treasury spending figures

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  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children
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  • Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way
  • Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans
  • Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives will lead a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) in Holyrood to warn of another SNP “tax bombshell” that could hit middle-income

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Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth and Morven-May MacCallum, LibDem MSP by BILL HEANEY Ahead of a parliamentary debate about the Scottish Government’s plans to reorganise

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Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange men on parade – but it’s still no go for them at Garvachy Road in Portadown. 28 September 2026 Updated 1 hour ago The

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REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN: Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on

REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN:  Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on

Orange Order members hold ‘constructive’ meeting with NI Secretary Bryant Garvaghy residents meet Bryant, seeking international mediator in dispute Orange Order maintains presence at Drumcree

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PAIN AT THE PUMPS: Diesel prices hit a record high – with warning of worse to come

PAIN AT THE PUMPS: Diesel prices hit a record high – with warning of worse to come

The cost of filling up an average family car is now almost £110 – £31 more than it was at the start of the US-Iran

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