August 20, 2023 – THE DEMOCRAT

BBC Alba is funded to the tune of around £13 million a year

August 20, 2023 heaneymedia

£millions sunk into BBC Alba but is anyone out there listening? By Lucy Ashton BBC Scotland’s Gaelic channel is offering a money-spinning contract to media

SNP mired in ‘total hypocrisy’ over taxpayers’ cash as LEZ is introduced

August 20, 2023 heaneymedia

LEZ in disarray as SNP fail to make fresh air scheme work One unfortunate motorist collected £900 in fines in July alone as the SNP-led

YET ANOTHER SCANDAL: Almost 150,000 NHS 24 calls abandoned in six months

August 20, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Hang on one moment please. These are words seldom heard by people who call NHS 24 when they are feeling unwell. Indeed,

LABOUR JUSTICE SPOKESPERSON PAULINE MCNEILL SOUNDS ALARM AS CRIME RISES

LibDems say the scale of the challenge facing police officers and our wider justice system is huge by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has demanded action as

UK Government backs high street with acceleration of cheap import reforms and crackdown on dodgy online sellers

High street businesses backed with tax changes that will level the playing field. Government accelerates plans to scrap the duty relief on cheap imports and

Peter Murrell jailed for five years and three months for embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband previously admitted to stealing from the SNP Peter Murrell’s police interviews released Sturgeon was ‘utterly deceived’ as Murrell was sentenced for

ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN

Photographs by John Young Spent an enjoyable afternoon in Kippen at Graham’s The Family Dairy as they announced their biggest ever deal with Asda. The

HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL

West Dunbartonshire Council A massive well done to St Mary’s, Duntocher, and St Martin’s Primary School, Renton, who are the first in the UK to

JAMES FRASER HONOURED FOR WORK IN TOURISM ON LOCH LOMOND

by Democrat reporter James Fraser has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to tourism and heritage in the Loch Lomond and

HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE The Helensburgh Lifeboat completed four callouts in a single week, responding to a beached rib, an engine failure, a false alarm,

Northern Marsh Orchid. Loch Lomond National Park

Photograph by James Duncan Northern Marsh Orchid. Loch Lomond National Park. The gorgeous northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) is very recognisable, bringing splashes of bright

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