February 5, 2025 – THE DEMOCRAT

NOTEBOOK: TIME WE HAD SOME VISION AMONGST OUR ARCHITECTS AND POLITICIANS

February 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Dunglass Castle and monument on the banks of the River Clyde at Bowling could become a Memorial Park in honour of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. NOTEBOOK

BOOM, BANG A BANG AS EARTHQUAKE HITS OBAN

February 5, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Three earthquakes struck the West Coast earlier today – waking people up from their sleep and leaving houses shaking. The first took

Businesses ‘abandoning’ North Sea because of Starmer decisions, says Badenoch

February 5, 2025 heaneymedia

Wednesday 5 February 2025 By Bill Heaney UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said today that businesses are “abandoning” the North Sea because of Sir Keir

Gaelic Songwriter Marcas Mac an Tuairneir Returns to Music with New Single ‘O Rionnag Gu Rionnag’

Edinburgh, Scotland – Gaelic songwriter Marcas Mac an Tuairneir returns to music this August with the release of his new single, O Rionnag Gu Rionnag,

Council tax funds male breastfeeding sessions and mixed-sex school toilets, claim

Former First Minister insisted she was not ‘obsessed’ by gender reforms after public bodies adopted gender self-identification under her — despite this being ruled illegal

‘Burnham bounce’ takes Labour top of polls …

Polling expert Professor Sir John Curtice says polls confirm ‘Labour have been given a second chance’ – but warns against an early election Prime Minister

SNP WALK-IN HEALTH CENTRES PLAN IS WASTE OF SPACE, SAYS LIBDEM LEADER

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton today called for Scottish Government plans to open 20 more GP walk-in centres to be paused

BOOKS: ‘It is vulgar to drink from your saucer’: 37 rules for life by the Christian Brothers

Christian Politeness and Counsels for Youth was published in Dublin by the Irish Christian Brothers for the instruction of lower-class Catholic boys such as me

Pipes and Piers Concert on 4 September, 7 pm, Rhu Church

Rhu & Shandon Parish Church Pipes and Piers Concert on 4 September, 7 pm, Rhu Church Rhu and Shandon Community Trust has organised a fund-raising

Nicola Sturgeon left ‘raging’ after police called her ‘Mrs Murrell’ during SNP finance probe

by Democrat reporter Nicola Sturgeon was reportedly left “raging” after detectives inquiring into the SNP’s finances called her “Mrs Murrell.” The former First Minister failed

SCOTTISH LABOUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGREES LEADERSHIP ELECTION TIMETABLE

Today (Monday 27th July) Scottish Labour’s ruling body, the Scottish Executive Committee, agreed the timetable for the forthcoming election for Leader of the Scottish Labour

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