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Day: February 10, 2023

Children’s and Young People’s Commissioner praises work at Royal Hospital for Children

February 10, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Staff at the Royal Hospital for Children have been praised for their commitment to creating an environment centred around children’s rights. The

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RELIGION: In Sudan, where homosexuality is still criminalised, religion might yet have a far-reaching impact

February 10, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Gay people “are children of God, and God loves them, he accompanies them”. The Pope’s words on his flight back from South

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GENDER: Sturgeon’s new trans prisoner policy a ‘con’

February 10, 2023 heaneymedia

Shocking lack of analysis in this whitewash review, claims Tory community safety minister By Bill Heaney The Scottish Conservatives have said that the SNP’s latest

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EDUCATION: Innovative music therapy classes support pupils’ well-being

February 10, 2023 heaneymedia

  Councillors Clare Steel and John Millar with musicians from St Patrick’s Primary School in Dumbarton. By Lucy Ashton School pupils across West Dunbartonshire have

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BAILLIE: YOUSAF UNDER PRESSURE AS A&E WAITS REACH WORST ON RECORD

February 10, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton  Monthly A&E statistics at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley have hit their worst level ever as less than half (47 percent)

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  • GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME
  • Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes
  • West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event
  • POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP
  • NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH
  • HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

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GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

By Lucy Ashton Renewed calls have been made for compensation to be paid to firms hit by the SNP-Greens’ botched Deposit Return Scheme after it

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Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

The Rt Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Pinar Aksu, Human Rights and Advocacy Coordinator at MIN.

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West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

By Lucy Ashton Residents are being encouraged to get on their bikes for a fun-filled weekend of cycling activities in West Dunbartonshire. The Community Cycling

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POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

By Kate Devlin Boris Johnson has sensationally announced he is quitting as an MP claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.

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NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY So, West Dunbartonshire Council’s Labour Group and the SNP are at one, joined at the hip as they say. Labour supporters

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HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has urged thousands of people in Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, Balloch, Helensburgh and Lomond on prepayment meters to claim

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BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

REPUBLICANISM Hold Your Hour Maurice Earls June 2023 Donate How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it. Brendan Behan A personal

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BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

Dublin Review of Books, Issue 152, Newsletter 1 The Dublin Review of Books, including its extensive archive, is free to all. We rely exclusively on readers’

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