January 24, 2025 – THE DEMOCRAT

SQUANDERMANIA: SNP NATIONAL CARE PLAN SCRAPPED AFTER £30 MILLION AND FOUR YEARS WASTED

January 24, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Labour and the Tories were at one for once when their health spokespersons, Jackie Baillie, the MSP for Dumbarton, and Dr

Storm Eowyn: ERSKINE BRIDGE AND RENTON ROAD CLOSED AS WARNINGS GO OUT ACROSS WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

January 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter A tornado warning has been issued ahead of the arrival of Storm Eowyn set to batter the Clyde and Argyllshire coasts with 100mph

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY: Sixty years on from the deadly storm which battered West Dunbartonshire

January 24, 2025 heaneymedia

IT’S NEARLY midnight on Thursday, January 24, 2025. Sixty years ago this month, West Dunbartonshire was reeling from the aftermath of ‘Scotland’s deadliest storm’ which

Malcolm Offord: Scotland Can’t Afford Free University For Half Of School Leavers

by Noah Vickers in House magazine 06 September Reform’s Scottish leader, Malcolm Offord, talks to Noah Vickers about his political journey, how to tackle climate

MSPs should face same child protection and vulnerable adult checks as teachers and social workers.

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton, pictured right, has today said that the Scottish Government must press ahead with measures to ensure

Swinney told to come to Parliament to outline full details of public sector reforms

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives are today (Monday) demanding that John Swinney come to Parliament and give full details on exactly what his public

Rules for seeking Irish citizenship to be tightened under proposals due to go to Cabinet

Ireland Candidates would have to be resident in the country for eight years and undertake a language test under the proposed overhaul Minister for Justice

Seventeenth person charged in connection with July disorder in Glasgow

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER A 31-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with disorder in Glasgow on Saturday, 25 July, 2026. The man has

SEE NORTHERN IRELAND WHEN THE AUTUMN LEAVES START TO FALL

View online Hello Democrat readers, something magical happens in Northern Ireland in autumn The season uncovers hidden gems and quiet glens, secluded coastal paths where

Chancellor takes axe to delays holding back growth …

Chancellor John Healey has set out his plan to drive growth in every postcode, backing Britain’s extraordinary strengths to deliver benefits across the whole country.

SNP hide secret exam figures which reveal ‘success’ was overblown by Education Secretary Mairi McAllan

Scottish Government doesn’t publish accurate exam results figures as it uses a percentage of those who actually sit the exam, rather than all those who

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