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Day: May 13, 2024

Health Board marks Mental Health Awareness Week with relaunch of MyApp: My Mental Health supported self-management digital resources 

May 13, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is marking Mental Health Awareness Week by encouraging people to download its supported self-management resources. My App:

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Competition: Enter to Win a Fantastic Midweek Family Getaway this July

May 13, 2024 heaneymedia

ENTER NOW TO WIN THIS FANTASTIC COMPETITION Looking for the ultimate family adventure this summer? Look no further! Enter our exciting competition for a chance

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POLICE SCOTLAND SWOOP ON DUMBARTON-BASED FUNERAL COMPANY

May 13, 2024 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter A funeral undertaker’s business, which set up a funeral parlour in an old butcher’s shop in Dumbarton High Street, in being investigated

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NOTEBOOK: LABOUR MEMORY LOSS OR HYPOCRISY OVER BALLOCH LIBRARY DECISION

May 13, 2024 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY There was a remarkable e mail in my in-box at the weekend. It began: “Scottish Labour has called on the SNP

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Recent Posts

  • SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case
  • Review into access to banking services begins …
  • Child poverty should be a ‘priority from day one’, say young people
  • REMEMBER: IT’S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
  • VALE OF LEVEN ACADEMY S6 PROM
  • FORMER PUPILS MCGINN AND BRIDGES PAY WORLD CUP VISIT TO OLD SCHOOL

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SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

SCOTTISH LABOUR backs transparency over cover-up and demands inquiry in Murrell case

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has urged MSPs to “back transparency over cover-up” as it lodges a motion calling for a Scottish Parliamentary Inquiry into

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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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