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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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Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection

Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection

Lipton’s eight-carat gold trophy vanished from museum last year by BILL HEANEY An elderly man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a

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Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years

Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER A childminder who admitted to wilfully neglecting and abandoning children in her care has been jailed for two years. Amanda Mathewson had

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Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation

Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation

by BILL HEANEY Six men have been convicted following an illegal cryptocurrency operation valued at more than £6 million. Asim Afzal, 34, Aftab Allah, 36,

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Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure

Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure

Journalism is a vital part of our national infrastructure, and local news media is critical to the success of the government’s headline devolution agenda, Andy

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Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

White marble statues removed from the grave of Willy McGinley amid an ongoing planning investigation into the 4.5m-high structure.  The memorial pictured after the overnight

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Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

by Mairi McAllan, Minister for Education Child sexual abuse and exploitation are among the most serious harms that can be inflicted on a child. Our

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Date set for Scotland grooming gang inquiry chaired by Alexis Jay

Date set for Scotland grooming gang inquiry chaired by Alexis Jay

Thursday 5 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Scotland’s Education Secretary, Màiri McAllan, has announced that the public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation

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ROSNEATH CASTLE: Someone had to taste the Christmas Menu

ROSNEATH CASTLE: Someone had to taste the Christmas Menu

Someone had to taste the Christmas Menu.  We’ve been trying some of the dishes coming to Castle Isle this December, and choosing a favourite wasn’t

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