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Day: June 2, 2024

SWINGING IN THE RAIN: Scot Robert MacIntyre from Oban has won the PGA Canadian Open

June 2, 2024 heaneymedia

  Robert MacIntyre who won the Canadian Open on Sunday morning. By Bill Heaney There will be singing and dancing in the streets of Oban

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OLSP PUPILS CARRY THE ST PATRICK’S FOOTBALL TORCH OF SUCCESS INTO NEW CENTURY

June 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Young OLSP footballers keeping up the school tradition for picking up the silverware pictured with head teacher Chris Smith, left, and coach Matthew Gallagher. By

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‘Hypocrites’ Swinney and Matheson said disgraced ministers should not receive ‘golden goodbye’

June 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Sunday 2 June 2024 By Lucy Ashton SNP leader John Swinney and disgraced former minister Michael Matheson once pledged to end ‘golden goodbyes’ for disgraced

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IN MEMORIAM: D-DAY PICTURE SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BRIGADIER ALASTAIR PEARSON OF GARTOCHARN

June 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Picture by David Mitchell and Brian Averell Brigadier Fiona Pearson’s daughter Fiona, with her husband Iain Stuart founded in her father’s memory the Tullochan Trust,

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Tribute to Lieutenant-Colonel Alastair Stevenson Pearson DSO, MC on the anniversary of D-Day

June 2, 2024 heaneymedia

After a prolonged naval and aerial bombardment of German defences on the Channel coast of France and the Low Countries, the Allied invasion of Normandy began in the early morning hours

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Flamingo Land: Last chance to send developers packing

June 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Sunday, June 2nd 2024 What IS the point of having national parks? Controversial development on shores of Loch Lomond attracts more than 90,000 complaints amid

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  • ELECTION: Change could mean a hat-trick of wins for the SNP
  • “IT’S TIME TO END THE SECRECY, LIES AND COVER-UP” – SARWAR PLEDGES TO DELIVER MILLY’S LAW
  • POLITICIANS FIGHT LIKE CATS IN A SACK OVER CREDIT FOR ABOLITION OF TARIFFS ON SCOTCH WHISKY
  • 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.  

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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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“IT’S TIME TO END THE SECRECY, LIES AND COVER-UP” – SARWAR PLEDGES TO DELIVER MILLY’S LAW

“IT’S TIME TO END THE SECRECY, LIES AND COVER-UP” – SARWAR PLEDGES TO DELIVER MILLY’S LAW

by Bill Heaney Anas Sarwar has pledged to “reset the balance between grieving families and powerful institutions” in the wake of the Queen Elizabeth University

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POLITICIANS FIGHT LIKE CATS IN A SACK OVER CREDIT FOR ABOLITION OF TARIFFS ON SCOTCH WHISKY

Trump’s decision was ‘a personal favour’ following the end of King Charles III and Queen Camilla’s state visit to the White House by Felipe Schrieberg

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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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