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Day: January 22, 2024

RACISM/SECTARIAN CHANTS AT ROCK CALLED OUT BY JOURNALIST

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Journalist Hugh Jordan, who lived in Helensburgh and Clydebank and once owned a public house in Dumbarton High Street, bit the racist/sectarian

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Menu from the Hotel Savoy in New York in 1900.

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The menu here is remarkable. It puts that old request “beef or salmon?” from waiters in many hotels even today in the

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Billionaire lairds and Tory donors broke rules around rural subsidies

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

FERRET INVESTIGATION: FULL STORY IS ON THE FERRET WEBSITE Author: Jamie Mann in The Ferret Billionaire lairds, sporting estates and Conservative Party donors in receipt

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DESTRUCTION OF SHEEP HILL AT DUMBUCK IS ‘CRIMINAL’ SAY PROTESTORS

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

Sheep Hill high above the River Clyde at Bowling on the outskirts of Dumbarton. By Sam Gibson Alas Sheep Hill no more. After much debate

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Elephant Sessions, Julie Fowlis, MĂ nran and more join line-up for The Reeling 2024

January 22, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney in The Democrat The Reeling Festival, West of Scotland’s summer celebration of Scottish traditional music has confirmed its full line-up up for

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Review into access to banking services begins …

Review into access to banking services begins …

by Lucy Ashton Former Which? Director and former board member of the FCA, Richard Lloyd OBE, seeks views as he begins his Independent Review. Evidence

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Child poverty should be a ‘priority from day one’, say young people

Child poverty should be a ‘priority from day one’, say young people

Two-thirds of respondents to the Save the Children Scotland and Young Scot poll said fighting child poverty was a priority by Bill Heaney Young people

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REMEMBER: IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

REMEMBER: IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND

Bank Holiday reminder Residents of Greater Glasgow and Clyde are reminded that GP practices and many pharmacies will be closed on Monday, 15 June, due

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VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY S6 PROM

VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY S6 PROM

Vale of Leven Academy celebrated its annual Broad General Education Awards Ceremonies with more than 500 students recognised for a range of curricular and extra-curricular

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FORMER PUPILS MCGINN AND BRIDGES PAY WORLD CUP VISIT TO OLD SCHOOL

FORMER PUPILS MCGINN AND BRIDGES PAY WORLD CUP VISIT TO OLD SCHOOL

‘MON SCOTLAND St Peter the Apostle Secondary School had some very exciting guests recently. Comedian Kevin Bridges and Scotland star John McGinn visited the school

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MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND

MOUTH WATERING SCALLOPS FROM SHETLAND

Tom Morton Tom Morton #Shetland garage food. Apologies for the messy plated picture. I was halfway through guzzling my scallops, salmon, tatties, and spinach before

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Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’

Baillie says cost of NHS Scotland reliance on agency nurses is ‘eye-watering’

by Bill Heaney New figures show the “eye-watering” cost of continued reliance on NHS supplementary staffing, Scottish Labour said today. The latest NHS Scotland workforce

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Delays to defence plan undermine UK credibility, MPs say

Delays to defence plan undermine UK credibility, MPs say

by BBC reporter Olivia Ireland Published 7 June 2026, 00:02 BST Delays in publishing a report laying out government defence spending have undermined the UK’s

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