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Day: November 18, 2024

DUMBARTON FOOTBALL CLUB FINANCES AT ROCK BOTTOM AND WILL GO INTO ADMINISTRATION TOMORROW

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November 18,  2024   By Bill Heaney DUMBARTON football club will be plunged into administration tomorrow and then sent tumbling down to the bottom of

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Young people seem to feel that shocking behaviour on buses is acceptable, says Tory MSP

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By Bill Heaney Unite the union has found that 84 per cent of bus drivers have experienced abuse in the past 12 months, with drivers

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LIBRARIES: Reading `picnics’ and campfire projects win library funding

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November 18, 2024 By Democrat reporter Over 50 schools are to share £150,000 investment to mark Book Week Scotland — but none of them is

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HEALTH: Over 760,000 women are on a gynaecology waiting lists ‘crisis’ – report reveals

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By Democrat reporter More than 760,000 women across the UK are on a waiting list “crisis” for gynaecology appointments, a new report has revealed. A

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BE CAREFUL OUT THERE: Waddle you waiting for? Share your penguin strut with loved ones! 

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  By Lucy Ashton Are we nearly there yet has been replaced with the time-honoured Dunbartonshire question of Is there Snow on the Ben Yet?

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Assisted suicide a 20th century problem, Palliative care a 21st century solution

November 18, 2024 heaneymedia

Assisted suicide a 20th century problem, Palliative care a 21st century solution Assisted suicide and euthanasia are two forms of what is being called ‘assisted dying’, and

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  • Queen Elizabeth University Hospital concerns ignored for 15 years, scientist tells inquiry
  • Labour MP Bayo Alaba suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan
  • SAME OLD, SAME OLD AS SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES AGREE PARTY MUST CHANGE
  • Scottish Water chiefs awarded £258,000 in ‘obscene’ bonuses despite price rises for customers
  • EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL STARTS THIS SATURDAY
  • Farage wins Clacton by-election but shuns count after ‘advice from police’

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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital concerns ignored for 15 years, scientist tells inquiry

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital concerns ignored for 15 years, scientist tells inquiry

Dr Bradnam said he had been raising concerns about the QEUH for 15 years. by James Delaney and Ben Philip, BBC Scotland News 16 August 2026 A scientist

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Labour MP Bayo Alaba suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan

Labour MP Bayo Alaba suspended after questions over Covid bounceback loan

He attempted to wind up one of his businesses before settling one of two bounceback loans he took out, reports suggest Bayo Alaba, MP for

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SAME OLD, SAME OLD AS SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES AGREE PARTY MUST CHANGE

SAME OLD, SAME OLD AS SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADERSHIP CANDIDATES AGREE PARTY MUST CHANGE

Michael Marra, Monica Lennon and Joe Fagan are competing to be Scottish Labour leader. STV political editor Colin Mackay looks at how the Scottish Labour

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Scottish Water chiefs awarded £258,000 in ‘obscene’ bonuses despite price rises for customers

Scottish Water chiefs awarded £258,000 in ‘obscene’ bonuses despite price rises for customers

The eye-watering figures were included in the body’s latest accounts Scottish Water chief executive Alex Plant — no wonder he is laughing. by BILL HEANEY

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EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL STARTS THIS SATURDAY

EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL STARTS THIS SATURDAY

Festival dates: 15-30 August Join us THIS Saturday for opening weekend 🎺 The 2026 Book Festival is officially within touching distance! It kicks off on Saturday! This Saturday!

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Farage wins Clacton by-election but shuns count after ‘advice from police’

Farage wins Clacton by-election but shuns count after ‘advice from police’

by Democrat reporter Nigel Farage has won the Clacton by-election amid contested claims he was told by police not to attend the election count due

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WHAT’S ON AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

WHAT’S ON AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

This week in Parliament   Festival of Politics: Upcoming events Scotland 2026 –  who gets to belong? Stopping child poverty – In partnership with the

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Police Scotland dropped Alex Salmond perjury probe due to lack of proof

Police Scotland dropped Alex Salmond perjury probe due to lack of proof

by Democrat reporter Police Scotland dropped a perjury inquiry into a senior SNP Government civil servant after running into a dead end in the investigation.

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