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Day: May 27, 2023

MEDIOCRITY IS WRIT LARGE ACROSS WHITEBOARDS OF OUR EDUCATION SERVICE

May 27, 2023 heaneymedia

Find out how your local secondary school fared in the latest league table. By Bill Heaney The SNP Government is under fire over the performance

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Over £160 million shelled out on NHS compensation since 2018

May 27, 2023 heaneymedia

Health Board pays out to patient whose testicle was removed without his consent By Bill Heaney Alarming new figures reveal that the Scotland’s NHS has shelled

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Children’s hearings urged to scrap volunteer model

May 27, 2023 heaneymedia

Liam was one of the young people who contributed their views to the report By Lucy Ashton BBC Scotland is reporting that a radical shake-up

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HEALTH: Art and well-being multi-partner approach brings garden concept to life

May 27, 2023 heaneymedia

Grand opening sees QEUH Gro-Garden blend greenspace, art and well-being multi-partner approach brings garden concept to life By Lucy Ashton A wonderful new garden has

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RELIGION: Kirk apology for connection with historic chattel slavery.

May 27, 2023 heaneymedia

By Cameron Brooks The Church of Scotland has been instructed to prepare a statement of acknowledgment and apology for its involvement with and connection to

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POLICE: Rank and file rally to give Sir Iain a kicking

May 27, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Representatives of Police Scotland’s rank-and-file say they have been “kicked into the gutter” by their chief constable’s claim the force is “institutionally

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  • TWO HUNDRED OFFICERS FROM POLICE SCOTLAND BEING DRAFTED INTO NORTHERN IRELAND
  • Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions
  • No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base
  • Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament
  • Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church
  • Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

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TWO HUNDRED OFFICERS FROM POLICE SCOTLAND BEING DRAFTED INTO NORTHERN IRELAND

TWO HUNDRED OFFICERS FROM POLICE SCOTLAND BEING DRAFTED INTO NORTHERN IRELAND

by BILL HEANEY A High Court judge has banned members of the Orange Order from parading down the predominantly nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern

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Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

There were no Rangers fans at Sunday’s Scottish Premiership game at Celtic Park by LUCY ASHTON Celtic and Rangers have appealed against the Scottish FA

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No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

The 34-year-old had been arrested at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, in March. by LUCY ASHTON No action is to be taken against an

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Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

by BILL HEANEY Dumbarton’s Reform Party MSP David Smith has asked the Scottish Government, “in light of its commitment to a 16 per cent increase

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Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church

Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church

by BILL HEANEY The dramatic scale of the vocations crisis which faces the Catholic Church in the coming years has been revealed in a new

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Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

Health and social care chiefs in Glasgow are aiming to save £20m by April 2027 due to ‘increasingly challenging’ funding pressures. Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy

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Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Scotland Business Edinburgh, Fife & East Glasgow & West Highlands & Islands NE, Orkney & Shetland South Tayside & Central Alba   Glasgow City Council

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ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We were honoured to attend a special Civic Reception hosted by the Right Hon. Lord Provost of Glasgow, alongside renowned

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