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Day: May 14, 2023

WHISKY EXPORTS FROM DUMBARTON HALTED BY UKRAINE WAR

May 14, 2023 heaneymedia

Pernod Ricard owns several Scottish brands, including The Glenlivet and Chivas Regal The Chivas team now based in Glasgow and the Kilmalid plant which employs

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SNP compared to ‘organised crime syndicate’ as police fraud probe escalates

May 14, 2023 heaneymedia

SNP faces three-pronged attack from Labour, Tories and LibDems over ‘culture of cover-up’ Tory Craig Hoy, Labour’s Jackie Baillie and LibDem Christine Jardine attacked SNP.

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YEARS OF BROKEN SNP PROMISES TO YOUNG PEOPLE MUST END – DUNCAN-GLANCY

May 14, 2023 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter  Broken SNP promises to young people will lead to Scotland’s young people booting the SNP out of office at the next general

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‘Deeply concerning’ number of mental health related absences in NHS revealed by Tories

May 14, 2023 heaneymedia

Conservative health spokesperson Dr Sandesh Gulhane and Health Secretary Michael Matheson. By Lucy Ashton Almost 75,000 NHS staff have been absent in the last five

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  • ASSISTED DYING BILL: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and Catholic Parliamentary Office
  • COST OF DYING: NEW CHARGES TO TAKE EFFECT IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE FROM APRIL 1
  • Joanna Cherry vows to lift the lid on trans scandal days before election day
  • ASSISTED DYING BILL: FINAL VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE AT HOLYROOD ON TUESDAY EVENING
  • IRAN: Trump says military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island ‘obliterated’ …
  • Deal has been struck with teachers to avoid strike action

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ASSISTED DYING BILL: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and Catholic Parliamentary Office

ASSISTED DYING BILL: Bishops’ Conference of Scotland and Catholic Parliamentary Office

by Bishop John Keenan Some commentators have pointed to polling suggesting that around 61% of Catholics support assisted suicide. This figure comes from a YouGov

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COST OF DYING: NEW CHARGES TO TAKE EFFECT IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE FROM APRIL 1

COST OF DYING: NEW CHARGES TO TAKE EFFECT IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE FROM APRIL 1

Forget Me Not Memorials  New council charges Cost of purchasing the following from West Dunbartonshire Council From the 1st of April 2026 Lair for a

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Joanna Cherry vows to lift the lid on trans scandal days before election day

Joanna Cherry vows to lift the lid on trans scandal days before election day

John Swinney faces a pre-election nightmare after a renegade former SNP MP vowed to lift the lid on how the SNP became in thrall to

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ASSISTED DYING BILL: FINAL VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE AT HOLYROOD ON TUESDAY EVENING

ASSISTED DYING BILL: FINAL VOTE WILL TAKE PLACE AT HOLYROOD ON TUESDAY EVENING

by Bill Heaney Dumbarton, Helensburgh and Lomond MSP Jackie Baillie will vote against the government’s Assisted Dying Bill when it comes before the Holyrood parliament

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IRAN: Trump says military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island ‘obliterated’ …

IRAN: Trump says military targets on Iran’s Kharg Island ‘obliterated’ …

Several explosions heard on key island but ‘no oil infrastructure damaged’ by Sarah Burns and Ronan McGreevy IRISH TIMES Main points US president Donald Trump has said the US

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Deal has been struck with teachers to avoid strike action

Deal has been struck with teachers to avoid strike action

by Lucy Ashton Strike action by teachers has been averted after an agreement was reached on reducing class contact time. The Scottish Government said that

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HEAT IS ON AT ST AUGUSTINE’S IN TIME FOR EASTER

HEAT IS ON AT ST AUGUSTINE’S IN TIME FOR EASTER

The Rev Heller Gonzalez Pena says he is thrilled to announce that the installation of our new sustainable heating panels at St Augustine’s Scottish Episcopal Church

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Hundreds of university staff to begin week-long strike over job cuts

Hundreds of university staff to begin week-long strike over job cuts

Over 400 members of Unite the union working at the university will begin industrial action on Monday. Strathclyde University is proposing to cut 76 posts

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