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Day: September 14, 2024

ROADS: £16 million spent in less than four years on Rest and Be Thankful

September 14, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Government has spent £16 million in less than four years on design and assessment for work The Rest and Be

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POLITICS: Assisted dying proposals backed by ‘citizens’ jury’

September 14, 2024 heaneymedia

Health September 14, 2024 By Lucy Ashton The first “citizens’ jury” on assisted dying in England has backed a change in the law to allow

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RELIGION: ​​​​​​​The Pope has criticised both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

September 14, 2024 heaneymedia

‘Choose the lesser evil’ in US election, says Pope as Catholic leader criticises Kamala Harris and Donald Trump Saturday 14 September 2024 08:49, UK By

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AMBULANCE EQUIPMENT INCIDENTS AND FAILURES TRIPLE IN FIVE YEARS

September 14, 2024 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The SNP government must address spiralling number of incidents involving ambulance equipment failures before lives are lost, Scottish Labour has warned. The

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Scots stars Bob MacIntyre and Andy Murray team up at golf tournament

September 14, 2024 heaneymedia

SCOTTISH sporting stars Andy Murray Robert MacIntyre. The BMW PGA Championship Pro-Am, which sees professional golfers and celebrities combine forces, will be held at Wentworth

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BOOKS: Finalists for this year’s McIlvanney Prize

September 14, 2024 heaneymedia

 Scots Whay Hae! The latest Scots Whay Hae! podcast, in collaboration with Bloody Scotland, is with the finalists for this year’s McIlvanney Prize, who include

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  • 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
  • LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

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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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Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives will lead a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) in Holyrood to warn of another SNP “tax bombshell” that could hit middle-income

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