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Day: August 2, 2024

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL BIN AWARD’S A LOAD OF RUBBISH

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Haud me back, please don’t make me laugh, but the “news” that “a chatbot service on West Dunbartonshire Council’s website that

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MENTAL HEALTH: Bogus psychiatrist who treated hundreds of patients in Scotland loses appeal against £1.3 million fraud

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

 August 2, 2024 Zholia Alemi’s spent 22 years working as a consultant psychiatrist, earning £1.3m from the NHS, prescribing powerful drugs and even sectioning patients…

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SCOTLAND’S “SHAMEFUL” HEALTH INEQUALITIES EXPOSED IN CARDIAC ARREST REPORT

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Scottish Labour has said that health inequalities in Scotland are costing lives, as a shocking new report reveals the gulf in cardiac arrest risk between

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GOLDEN JUBILEE: Heart services receive funding for patients’ mental health support

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

August 01, 2024 Dr John Sharp Head of Psychology at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital. By Lucy Ashton Heart services at NHS Golden Jubilee

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Hospital inquiry rejects NHS board’s report as evidence

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital in Glasgow is Scotland’s biggest hospital. By Lisa Summers BBC Scotland Health Correspondent The public inquiry

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COURTS: £9.5m court action against Rangers over football kit sales to ‘kick-off’

August 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Elite Sports Group Ltd lawyers claim the Ibrox club breached a contract which allowed it to supply the strips A multi-million pound court action brought

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  • ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN
  • HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL
  • JAMES FRASER HONOURED FOR WORK IN TOURISM ON LOCH LOMOND
  • HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE
  • Northern Marsh Orchid. Loch Lomond National Park
  • FABULOUS OFFER NOT TO MISS: VISIT STATION HOUSE IN CLIFDEN, CONNEMARA

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ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN

ASDA BE FRESH DAIRY PRODUCTS FROM GRAHAMS FAMILY DAIRY AT UP COUNTRY KIPPEN

Photographs by John Young Spent an enjoyable afternoon in Kippen at Graham’s The Family Dairy as they announced their biggest ever deal with Asda. The

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HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL

HELLO THERE CHINA! PUPILS WALK ALL THE WAY TO THE GREAT WALL

West Dunbartonshire Council  A massive well done to St Mary’s, Duntocher, and St Martin’s Primary School, Renton,  who are the first in the UK to

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JAMES FRASER HONOURED FOR WORK IN TOURISM ON LOCH LOMOND

JAMES FRASER HONOURED FOR WORK IN TOURISM ON LOCH LOMOND

by Democrat reporter James Fraser has been awarded a British Empire Medal (BEM) for his services to tourism and heritage in the Loch Lomond and

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HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE

HELENSBURGH RNLI EMERGENCY RESPONSE The Helensburgh Lifeboat completed four callouts in a single week, responding to a beached rib, an engine failure, a false alarm,

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Northern Marsh Orchid. Loch Lomond National Park

Northern Marsh Orchid. Loch Lomond National Park

Photograph by James Duncan Northern Marsh Orchid. Loch Lomond National Park. The gorgeous northern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza purpurella) is very recognisable, bringing splashes of bright

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FABULOUS OFFER NOT TO MISS: VISIT STATION HOUSE IN CLIFDEN, CONNEMARA

FABULOUS OFFER NOT TO MISS: VISIT STATION HOUSE IN CLIFDEN, CONNEMARA

Clifden Station House Hotel If you’ve been looking for an excuse to visit Connemara, this is it. With sunshine forecast and the landscape looking spectacular,

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DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS BEING “LET DOWN” BY JUSTICE CHAOS WARNS MCNEILL

DOMESTIC ABUSE VICTIMS BEING “LET DOWN” BY JUSTICE CHAOS WARNS MCNEILL

by Bill Heaney Scottish Labour has warned that victims of domestic abuse are being “let down” as a result of the pressures on Scotland’s justice

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BAILLIE “DISGUSTED” OVER “DANGEROUS” HELENSBURGH FIRE SERVICE MOVE

BAILLIE “DISGUSTED” OVER “DANGEROUS” HELENSBURGH FIRE SERVICE MOVE

 by Bill Heaney MSP Jackie Baillie has voiced her “disgust” after fire chiefs pushed through a decision to downgrade Helensburgh Fire Station. The Scottish Fire

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