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Day: March 10, 2025

Bowel screening uptake boosted with simple change to invitation letter

March 10, 2025 heaneymedia

March 12 2025 By Elizabeth McMeekin Researchers found that adding a deadline to bowel screening invitation letters boosted test returns, with the largest effect for

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Dumbarton’s Lesley Beck is one of the finest female skiers Britain has ever produced

March 10, 2025 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire Arts and Heritage Lesley Beck, International Women’s Day. In a departure from our normal format we’re going to shine a light on an

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Thrombectomy suite celebrates first year of changing lives for stroke patients

March 10, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton More than 40 people across the West of Scotland are leading independent lives after suffering a stroke, thanks to the new thrombectomy

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LESS ARROGANCE AND MORE HUMILITY WOULD BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN NOT EATING MEAT DURING LENT

March 10, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney People who pledge to abstain from meat and alcohol and sweets and chocolate for the six weeks of Lent have been urged

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Swinney must lay down the law to public sector to protect women-only spaces

March 10, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney First Minister John Swinney must lay down the law to public bodies to safeguard women’s single-sex spaces, parliament will be told this

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MONTHS-LONG WAIT FOR CERVICAL CANCER CHECKS ‘GIVING WOMEN SLEEPLESS NIGHTS’ 

March 10, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The months-long wait for cervical cancer checks is “giving women sleepless nights”, Scottish Labour has warned, after it emerged some are waiting more

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  • MARY’S MEALS BRINGS FOOD AND EDUCATION TO CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD
  • MAGGIE O’FARRELL TAKES HER NEW BOOK ‘LAND’ ON A NATIONWIDE TOUR
  • POLICE PRAISE FOR FANS WHO STAYED UP LATE TO CELEBRATE SCOTLAND WINNING
  • MURRELL: PRINCE OF DARKNESS SWINNEY IS TAKING SCOTTISH ELECTORATE FOR IDIOTS
  • CITY CENTRE CLASH: Anti-racism rally disrupted by masked group in West of Scotland

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IT’S PARTY TIME FOR SCOTLAND IN BOSTON USA

IT’S PARTY TIME FOR SCOTLAND IN BOSTON USA

SCOTLAND 1 – HAITI 0. Scotland Claim Crucial World Cup Opener. A memorable, tense 1-0 victory over Haiti in their 2026 FIFA World Cup opener

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MARY’S MEALS BRINGS FOOD AND EDUCATION TO CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD

MARY’S MEALS BRINGS FOOD AND EDUCATION TO CHILDREN ALL OVER THE WORLD

Mary’s Meals, the Scottish charity which works out of a shed in the back garden of a house at Dalmally near Oban in Argyll, does

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MAGGIE O’FARRELL TAKES HER NEW BOOK ‘LAND’ ON A NATIONWIDE TOUR

MAGGIE O’FARRELL TAKES HER NEW BOOK ‘LAND’ ON A NATIONWIDE TOUR

Maggie O’Farrell  Now that’s what I call “a good crowd” who turned up when Maggie talked to Caroline Lang about her new novel, Land, to

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POLICE PRAISE FOR FANS WHO STAYED UP LATE TO CELEBRATE SCOTLAND WINNING

POLICE PRAISE FOR FANS WHO STAYED UP LATE TO CELEBRATE SCOTLAND WINNING

Statement from Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Houston following Scotland’s opening World Cup match: “I want to recognise the conduct of football fans across the country

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MURRELL: PRINCE OF DARKNESS SWINNEY IS TAKING SCOTTISH ELECTORATE FOR IDIOTS

MURRELL: PRINCE OF DARKNESS SWINNEY IS TAKING SCOTTISH ELECTORATE FOR IDIOTS

by Bill Heaney The Scottish Conservatives have today (Sunday) outlined 13 of the key questions that an inquiry into the Peter Murrell scandal should answer.  

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CITY CENTRE CLASH: Anti-racism rally disrupted by masked group in West of Scotland

CITY CENTRE CLASH: Anti-racism rally disrupted by masked group in West of Scotland

by Democrat reporters BBC Scotland is reporting that an anti-racism rally in Glasgow has been disrupted by a masked group following violence in the city

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HAITI: A country hobbled by foreign interventions, political instability, and natural disasters

HAITI:  A country hobbled by foreign interventions, political instability, and natural disasters

by Bill Heaney Where is Haiti? Scotland, having been drawn against them in the World Cup, will not be travelling to the island to meet

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LONDON GOES EN FETE FOR TROOPING THE COLOUR ON KING’S OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY.

LONDON GOES EN FETE FOR TROOPING THE COLOUR ON KING’S OFFICIAL BIRTHDAY.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla appeared on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the Red Arrows flypast by Ella Kipling Crowds gathered in

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