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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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  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children
  • LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats
  • LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people
  • 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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