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Day: October 13, 2024

Gilruth keeps £145m from councils over teacher numbers row

October 13, 2024 heaneymedia

The education secretary has held back funds earmarked for teacher numbers because some councils are making cuts. Updated 11 October 2024 By Bill Heaney The

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Health Board welcomes its newest team member – a dog called Cooper

October 13, 2024 heaneymedia

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde has just welcomed its newest team member. He’s got his own ID badge and a special calling card to explain

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SWINNEY DENIES FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE IS IN DECLINE

October 13, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The new UK Labour government will have to come up with more money to make the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service “fit

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Liz Hurley encourages Scottish women to see a doctor if they think they have breast cancer

October 13, 2024 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Liz Hurley, the Hollywood actress and model, whose grandmother died of breast cancer, has been helping to raise awareness of the disease

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  • COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

I was in Edinburgh for the weekend attending a graduation cum birthday party for my granddaughter, Jane Heaney, which gave me some time off to

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HELENSBURGH WATERFRONT CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY

HELENSBURGH WATERFRONT CONSULTATION OPENS TODAY

In an extraordinary turnaround, Argyll and Bute Council has launched a statutory public consultation regarding Helensburgh waterfront. In line with Section 104 of the Community

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Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA: Make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home

Scottish SPCA The Scottish SPCA’s supporters are playing their part to make Scotland the best place in the world for an animal to call home.

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Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Argyll and Bute Council to launch consultation on visitor levy

Helensburgh is one area that would be affected by the visitor levy by Bill Heaney A public consultation is to be launched over a potential

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Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

Government fraud squad hunts down Covid loan scams …

New enforcement unit pursues billions lost to British taxpayers during pandemic Recovery efforts intensify as nearly 2,000 company directors are banned and 86 criminals are

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COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

COUNCIL OFFICIAL INVOLVED IN CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ST MARTIN’S RETIRES

Published 25 June 2026 by Bill Heaney Ellen McBride, a former teacher in St Stephen’s, Dalmuir, and one-time head teacher at St Peter’s, Bellsmyre, has

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ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

ASTUTE MOVE: NEW WORKSHOPS SET TO TRANSFORM SUBMARINE MAINTENANCE

by Kim Hardie The arrival of two unassuming shipping containers at HM Naval Base Clyde marks a significant step forward in how the Royal Navy

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End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

End delays to domestic abuse protections, says LibDems leader

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today challenged the First Minister on a sharp rise in sexual crime, as he

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