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Day: March 25, 2024

WEATHER: Snow could make Easter eggstra special this year

March 25, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Several forecasters are predicting that snow will fall across most of Scotland just as schools and workplaces break up for the Easter

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SIR JOHN LAVERY’S PAINTING OF DON ROBERTO

March 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Hugh Jordan took these pictures of brilliant portraits currently being exhibited at the Ulster Museum. One of them has a big Dumbarton connection in that

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SNP MP Joanna Cherry accuses Police Scotland of ‘McCarthyism’ over hate incidents

March 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Joanna Cherry suggested that logging hate incidents was curbing freedom of speech By Bill Heaney A senior Westminster SNP MP has branded Police Scotland’s logging

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HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS CLAIM A&E SAFETY WARNINGS WERE IGNORED BY WATCHDOG

March 25, 2024 heaneymedia

If almost 30 named consultants raising very serious fears for patient safety does not prompt a rigorous independent investigation, what will? By Andrew Picken &

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RADIO CLYDE’S LORRAINE HAS YET ANOTHER GOLDEN EVENING

March 25, 2024 heaneymedia

Former Dumbarton Lennox Herald journalist Lorraine Herbison Hollinshead is just back from another awards night in London with another winning haul at the Commercial Radio

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MSP’S FURY AS POLICE decide to class criticism as a hate incident that will remain on record

March 25, 2024 heaneymedia

March 25, 2024 Murdo Fraser MSP is demanding the incident is deleted  from Police Scotland’s records. By Lucy Ashton Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser could

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  • HMS Caledonia opens new Welfare Hub for naval personnel
  • Hospital money advice services – dedicated support for patients, families and staff when they are at their most vulnerable
  • Care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients, claim LibDems.  
  • New national compendium showcases rethinking innovation ecosystems for inclusive growth
  • Crown Office drops case against woman charged over anti-abortion protest
  • ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP

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HMS Caledonia opens new Welfare Hub for naval personnel

HMS Caledonia opens new Welfare Hub for naval personnel

RNRMC funding helps deliver a dedicated welfare space supporting serving personnel by Bill Heaney A new Welfare Hub has officially opened at HMS Caledonia, providing

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Hospital money advice services – dedicated support for patients, families and staff when they are at their most vulnerable

Hospital money advice services – dedicated support for patients, families and staff when they are at their most vulnerable

by Lucy Ashton Thousands of patients, families and staff across NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) are being supported each year with money worries, thanks

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Care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients, claim LibDems.  

Care is being breached for thousands of psychiatric patients, claim LibDems.  

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the SNP “cannot be trusted with your health” as he revealed that

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New national compendium showcases rethinking innovation ecosystems for inclusive growth

New national compendium showcases rethinking innovation ecosystems for inclusive growth

by Charlotte Morris A new study from the University of Glasgow and the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Place Programme argues that understanding how

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Crown Office drops case against woman charged over anti-abortion protest

Crown Office drops case against woman charged over anti-abortion protest

Rose Docherty was arrested near the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which takes patients from  Glasgow and West Dunbartonshire. by Lucy Ashton A woman who was

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ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP

ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP

Notebook by Bill Heaney Beware of what you wish for. The candidates for the Dumbarton seat in the Scottish Parliament all want change, but should

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DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS: Early May public holiday reminder

DOCTORS AND CHEMISTS: Early May public holiday reminder

Greater Glasgow and Clyde residents are reminded that GP practices and many pharmacies will be closed on Monday, 4th May, for the bank holiday. People

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Trump says his mother had a crush on King Charles as part of his welcome speech

Trump says his mother had a crush on King Charles as part of his welcome speech

US visit is under heightened security after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner Robert Jobson in Washington, DC, Holly Evans & Bryony Gooch Trump makes

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