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Day: March 20, 2025

PRIME MINISTER WELCOMES HOME SUBMARINERS AT END OF LONGEST EVER PATROL

March 20, 2025 heaneymedia

Crowds gathered at Rhu Point to celebrate the return of HMS Vanguard A submarine returned home to Faslane in the Clyde Naval Base following the

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FERRY SCANDAL: CONTRACT PROCESS NOT JUST FLAWED BUT CORRUPT, SAYS FINDLAY

March 20, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay seems desperate to pin the blame for Scotland’s ferry scandal on First Minister John Swinney. Findlay, a

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Nicola Sturgeon cleared by police in Operation Branchform inquiry

March 20, 2025 heaneymedia

Husband Peter Murrell appears in court in relation to investigation into SNP finances but no further action will be taken against former First Minister Former

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ADOLESCENCE: 24,387 violent incidents reported in this school year

March 20, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today questioned the First Minister about shocking rates of school violence as new research

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Empowering Communication: Speech and Language Therapy within NHSGGC

March 20, 2025 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) plays a crucial role in supporting communication and swallowing development among infants, children, and young people. Fiona

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  • DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S
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LONDON LETTER: Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

LONDON LETTER: Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

London letter from Rt Rev Rosie Frew I’ve just arrived home after two nights in Canterbury celebrating the Installation of the the new Archbishop. A

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HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT ST AUGUSTINE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HIGH STREET

HOLY WEEK SERVICES AT ST AUGUSTINE’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE HIGH STREET
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MIDDLE EAST WAR: Two journalists reportedly killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

MIDDLE EAST WAR: Two journalists reportedly killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

Above: The site of an Israeli strike that targeted an apartment in Beirut’s southern suburb of Jnah on Saturday.  Conor Pope in The Irish Times

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Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

Sketch: Reform UK leader Malcolm Offord is but a simple Greenock wean …

by Louise Wilson in Holyrood magazine Artwork credit: Iain Green The politician formerly known as a lord wants you to know he’s just a wee

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DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

DEATH OF FATHER PATRICK CURRIE: FUNERAL ON TUESDAY 12 NOON AT ST MICHAEL’S

Archdiocese of Glasgow It is with sorrow that the death is announced of Fr Pat Currie, former Parish Priest of Immaculate Conception Maryhill and St

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Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

Health Board pilot scheme to help young people into work hailed a major success

by Lucy Ashton A pilot scheme within NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to help people into work has been hailed a success by everyone involved.

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HOLYROOD ELECTION RACE IS OFF AND RUNNING …

HOLYROOD ELECTION RACE IS OFF AND RUNNING …

by Bill Heaney The Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) have announced candidates for Holyrood including for Dumbarton, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, where well

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Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

Trump accuses Nato of doing ‘absolutely nothing’ in Middle East war

PICTURED ABOVE: First aid responders are seen at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Roummane.  War in

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