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Day: March 13, 2025

THEY’RE HAVING A LAUGH: PLEASE DON’T BIN YOUR FLOWERS ANYMORE …

March 13, 2025 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Bring flowers of the rarest Bring blossoms the fairest From garden, and woodland And hillside and Vale … But, for God’s

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Council partners with Ancestry to digitise 11 million historical records

March 13, 2025 heaneymedia

Published 12 March 2025 By Lucy Ashton A range of historical records about West Dunbartonshire and its residents dating back to the 17th century have

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Nicola Sturgeon has banked a fortune from her career in politics

March 13, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Irascible Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is quitting the Holyrood parliament as she enters her final year as an MSP. It is

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West of Scotland celebrates more than 5000 kidney transplants: Lockie’s story

March 13, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Lockie Learmonth was just 18 months old when he received a kidney from his dad, Calum Learmonth, at the Royal Hospital for

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Labour claims workers will benefit from “game changing” employment rights

March 13, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney  Hundreds of thousands of Scots struggling with insecure work and low pay are set to benefit from landmark reforms agreed in Parliament.

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  • LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people
  • Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way
  • Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans
  • Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks
  • REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN: Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on
  • PAIN AT THE PUMPS: Diesel prices hit a record high – with warning of worse to come

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

Scottish Conservatives to warn of Swinney “tax bombshell” on the way

by BILL HEANEY The Scottish Conservatives will lead a debate tomorrow (Wednesday) in Holyrood to warn of another SNP “tax bombshell” that could hit middle-income

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Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Scot Lib Dem Highland MSPs write to government over council plans

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth and Morven-May MacCallum, LibDem MSP by BILL HEANEY Ahead of a parliamentary debate about the Scottish Government’s plans to reorganise

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Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange Order parade dispute continues after main players hold talks

Orange men on parade – but it’s still no go for them at Garvachy Road in Portadown. 28 September 2026 Updated 1 hour ago The

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REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN: Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on

REPORTS FROM STORMONT AND PORTADOWN:  Garvaghy Road residents seek ‘international mediator’ as protest goes on and on

Orange Order members hold ‘constructive’ meeting with NI Secretary Bryant Garvaghy residents meet Bryant, seeking international mediator in dispute Orange Order maintains presence at Drumcree

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PAIN AT THE PUMPS: Diesel prices hit a record high – with warning of worse to come

PAIN AT THE PUMPS: Diesel prices hit a record high – with warning of worse to come

The cost of filling up an average family car is now almost £110 – £31 more than it was at the start of the US-Iran

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Men arrested over RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’ released on bail

Men arrested over RAF Fairford ‘bomb plot’ released on bail

Monday 28 September 2026 15:55 BST The suspects, who are all British nationals from London, will remain under police investigation by Holly Evans in The

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‘More will turn up’ – Work by Scottish artists unearthed for homecoming exhibition

‘More will turn up’ – Work by Scottish artists unearthed for homecoming exhibition

Above: The Two Roberts – Colquhoun and MacBryde – were the hottest thing in British art for a short period of time. by Pauline McLean, 

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