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Day: January 19, 2024

SCOTTISH CUP: DUMBARTON V RANGERS

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

The Waverley Bar, West Bridgend, Dumbarton Are you excited for tomorrow’s game? We most definitely are! See our Dumbarton boys in action live here! #dumbarton #Rangers

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ROTTEN TO THE CORE: This is one of the biggest scandals in Scottish political history

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

The UK Covid Inquiry hears the former first minister’s messages were ‘deleted in routine tidying up of inboxes or changing of phones’ while John Swinney

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CHILD ABUSE: Nuns and carer jailed for abusing orphanage children

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

No love, no compassion, no dignity and no comfort Eileen Igoe and Sarah McDermott were found guilty of abusing children. An evil trio, two nuns

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SEWAGE: Time to flush out the filth of SNP and Tory neglect  

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

Sewage blights too many Scottish shores including the River Clyde at Havoc near the so-called sewage farm at Ardoch which overflows at times of heavy

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Nearly 3000 years of school and nursery staff time lost to mental ill health  

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP , pictured right, has today warned of the “devastating toll” of mental health absences

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DUNFILLIN TOO SOON: TOO MANY DENTISTS ARE RETIRING EARLY

January 19, 2024 heaneymedia

Scot Lib Dems reveal wave of dentists taking early retirement  By Lucy Ashton Dunfillin used to be a favourite name for the homes of dentists

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

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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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The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

The Wee Coaching Company OK, the tea is most definitely spilling now… Over the last week, we have been able to share quite a few

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