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Day: August 16, 2024

PLANNING: Helensburgh Waterfront coasts towards the future

August 16, 2024 heaneymedia

15 August 2024 By Aileen Maclennan Argyll and Bute Council has agreed a preferred bidder to deliver the final stage of the multi-million pound Helensburgh

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MEDICINE: Hospital consultant celebrates 40 years of service

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David Marshall started working as a Junior House Officer in August 1984 after graduating from University of Glasgow. By Lucy Ashton A leading consultant who

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SCOTTISH TORIES IN TURMOIL AFTER ROSS BACKS FINDLAY FOR LEADERSHIP

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Meghan Gallacher resigns as Scottish Tory deputy leader citing ‘concerns’ which have emerged Ms Gallacher said it had been an honour to serve in the

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NOTEBOOK: WHY DO OUR PUBLIC BODIES IGNORE PUBLIC OPINION?

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One month to save Loch Lomond: 140,000 oppose disastrous Flamingo Land proposal Notebook by Bill Heaney We have one month to save Loch Lomond from

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Watch: New Clydebank-Renfrew road bridge links up for first time

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Alba Watch: New Clyde road bridge links up for first time. By Lucy Ashton The first opening and closing road bridge across the River Clyde

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ELECTION: MAJOR SCOTTISH BUSINESS FIGURES BACK SARWAR TO BE FIRST MINISTER

ELECTION: MAJOR SCOTTISH BUSINESS FIGURES BACK SARWAR TO BE FIRST MINISTER

Name the millionaires who will be voting for Labour tomorrow (Thursday).  See the list below. by Kate Watson More than 30 major Scottish business figures

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WOMAD Glasgow reveals full programme of global sounds ahead of summer debut

WOMAD Glasgow reveals full programme of global sounds ahead of summer debut

Artists, workshops, stages and site information unveiled for Scotland’s newest festival by Bill Heaney Kelvingrove Park will come alive with global sounds this summer as

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Findlay’s eve-of-poll call to pro-UK voters to back Scottish Conservatives on peach ballot

Findlay’s eve-of-poll call to pro-UK voters to back Scottish Conservatives on peach ballot

by Bill Heaney Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay has issued an eve-of-poll call to pro-UK voters to back his party on their peach ballot paper

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Iran-US war latest: Tehran and US ‘closer than ever to agreeing memo to end war’

Iran-US war latest: Tehran and US ‘closer than ever to agreeing memo to end war’

Trump said ‘Project Freedom’ would be paused ‘for a short period of time’ Maroosha Muzaffar & Maira Butt in The Independent 06 May 2026 Smoke rises over

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ELECTION: Reform plans for flags and royal portraits are “insubstantial gimmicks”

ELECTION: Reform plans for flags and royal portraits are “insubstantial gimmicks”

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat candidate for Inverclyde, Jamie Greene, has dismissed Reform’s plans for mandatory flags and royal portraits in schools as “insubstantial

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Pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops of Scotland on the Scottish Parliament Election

Pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops of Scotland on the Scottish Parliament Election

Archdiocese of Glasgow Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, As the 2026 Scottish Parliament Election approaches, we find ourselves at another important moment in our

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SARWAR: TOMORROW VOTE TO REJECT REFORM, BEAT SNP & CHANGE SCOTLAND

SARWAR: TOMORROW VOTE TO REJECT REFORM, BEAT SNP & CHANGE SCOTLAND

Speaking before Scottish Labour’s eve of poll rally, Anas Sarwar, right,  has called on Scots to vote for change, reject Reform and beat the SNP. 

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ELECTION: When is bullshit real bullshit?

ELECTION: When is bullshit real bullshit?

It may be comforting to assert that one’s political enemies are bullshitters but one can’t help wondering whether this assertion is itself a piece of

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