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Day: June 28, 2024

Argyll and Bute from Cardross through Helensburgh to Oban had most sewage dumps in 2023

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, right, has  called for the sewage network to be upgraded and for a blue flag system

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CARRY ON NURSING: Celebrating 50 years of nursing and no signs of slowing down

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

Celebrating 50 years of nursing and no signs of slowing down Anyone who has had surgery under anaesthetic vaguely – and in many cases vividly

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HMNB CLYDE STAFF BRING OUT THE BIG GUNS

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

Friday, 28 June 2024 By Kim Hardie HM Naval Base Clyde Field Gun Crew put on a show for Base staff, families, and friends when

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KEEP UP TO DATE WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE HEALTH BOARD

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

Report from June meeting of the NHSGGC Board The Board of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde met on Tuesday, 25 June 2024. The full set

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LAND: Conservation estate on banks of Loch Lomond goes on sale for £4 million

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

1,200 hectare Cashel Estate on the east bank of Loch Lomond with ancient woodland has come onto the market Cashel Estate: The site on the

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THE TABLET: Voters are not daft enough to swallow the line that taxes and hospital waiting lists can both be cut

June 28, 2024 heaneymedia

 In this week’s Tablet magazine, available in newsagents’ and some churches. No-one minds a bit of a row and of course the party leaders must

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  • Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde
  • DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY
  • Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland
  • What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …
  • STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

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Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

The festival will be held on the banks of the Clyde next June Electronic music festival Terminal V will be held on the banks of

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

by BILL HEANEY Whose idea was it to allow the Orange Order to parade down Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, at the weekend? And

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Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

by LUCY ASHTON A new Scotland-wide campaign has launched a warning that adult criminals are grooming and exploiting children to commit crime, enabling them to

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What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

It may look like Garvaghy Road residents and Sinn Féin are in lock-step. The reality is more complex Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Tuesday,

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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