By Bill Heaney The average time people wait to be placed in social housing exceeds a year, according to new data. Figures obtained by the
Month: August 2023
Education staff could strike in September, say GMB, UNITE and UNISON unions
Staff working in education and early years could take targeted industrial action as early as September, unions have warned. By Lucy Ashton Unite members in
SINEAD O’CONNOR: Fans and admirers sing Nothing Compares 2 U in tribute
Music Sinéad O’Connor funeral: thousands follow singer’s cortege down Bray seafront in final goodbye Fans of singer Sinéad O’Connor line the streets as her funeral
FILMS: BARBIE AND OPPENHEIMER REVIEW
As a young girl in the 1970s, I managed after a long campaign of attrition to acquire both a Barbie and a Ken doll. Under
TRAGEDY: Three hill walkers found dead in Glencoe
By Democrat reporter Three hill walkers have been found dead in Glencoe after failing to return from their hike. Emergency services were called to the Aonach
LOCAL ENVIRONMENT: RATS NO WAY TO RUN A COUNCIL
By Bill Heaney, the man the Council couldn’t gag West Dunbartonshire Council has come under sustained attack from the public about the way it runs