October 2, 2024 – THE DEMOCRAT

Staff ‘anxious’ for child cancer patients in hospital where ‘very black, slimey grime’ from drains was creeping into the sinks in wards

October 2, 2024 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter A former infection control nurse has told the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry that staff in a children’s hospital felt “extreme anxiety” that child

FREEBIES ROW THAT WON’T GO AWAY: Starmer repays more than £6,000 in gifts after donations row

October 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Starmer repays more than £6,000 in gifts after donations row Sir Keir Starmer and his benefactor the Labour peer Lord Alli. By Bill Heaney Prime

FREEBIES SCANDAL Labour peer Lord Alli investigated by watchdog

October 2, 2024 heaneymedia

2 October 2024 By Bill Heaney Labour peer Lord Alli is being investigated by the House of Lords’ standards watchdog over allegedly failing to register

PENSIONERS ADVISED TO READ THEIR GAS AND ELECTRICITY METER AS ENERGY BILLS RISE

October 2, 2024 heaneymedia

Updated 1 October 2024 By Democrat reporter BBC Scotland is reporting that billpayers have been urged to give an accurate meter reading as gas and

GOLDEN JUBILEE IS ONE OF SCOTTISH HOSPITALS WHERE HELICOPTER LANDINGS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED

October 2, 2024 heaneymedia

1 October 2024 A Coastguard helicopter taking part in a rescue at The Cobbler with the Arrochar Mountain Rescue team. By Bill Heaney The UK’s

SCOTTISH TORY LEADER RUSSELL FINDLAY’S SPEECH TO CONFERENCE

Conference speech by Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay Left to right: Russell Findlay, Andy Burnham, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage. The SNP came to power

JUSTICE: Thin blue line becoming thinner and Scottish prisons are bursting at the seams

by BILL HEANEY They used to be known as vigilantes, but in these turbulent times we are now dealing with the Scottish Government, which would

GARVAGHY ROAD: It seems the dead are easily forgotten

by Neil Mackay in the Herald “It seems the dead are easily forgotten. Men like Michael McGoldrick, Robert Hamill and Frank O’Reilly. Women like Rosemary

SWINNEY URGED TO COMMIT TO TALKS ON COUNCIL TAX

by BILL HEANEY John Swinney has been told he must ensure cross-party talks on council tax reform take place “as soon as possible”. The First

Royal Navy’s new attack submarine arrives at Faslane on the Gareloch

HMS Agamemnon arrived on the River Clyde after departing Barrow 4 October 2026 by LUCY ASHTON The Royal Navy’s newest Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine has arrived

Thousands attend rallies as Drumcree stand-off enters seventh day

‘There will be no Orange march down this road, not now and not ever,’ Mary Lou McDonald tells Garvaghy Road rally Thousands of people attended

MEMORIES OF THE OLD PIER AND OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL

MEMORIES OF THE OLD OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOLOpened in 1929, the beloved Helensburgh open-air pool (seen here in this rare image) was gifted to the town

HOLIDAY HISTORY LESSONS IN COLOURFUL CAPITAL OF CONNEMARA

BY KATIE SULLIVAN On the morning of June 15, 1919, people working at the Marconi wireless station near Clifden in Connemara saw an extraordinary sight.

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