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Day: March 24, 2025

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice 75th anniversary ball

March 24, 2025 heaneymedia

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice A Heartfelt Thank You.  We want to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who joined us for the St Margaret

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Pharmacy team win top award for COPD patient education sessions

March 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter Pharmacy technicians who teach COPD patients how to manage their condition and prevent hospital admissions have received an award for their innovative work. 

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RAILWAY NEWS: COMPANIONS OF BLIND PEOPLE TO RECEIVE FREE TRAVEL ON TRAINS

March 24, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The Scottish Government is set to launch a 12-month pilot programme providing free travel to companions of blind concessionary card holders on all

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HELENSBURGH BANKING INFORMATION SESSION SET TO TAKE PLACE

March 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter Following the announcement by the Bank of Scotland of the closure of Helensburgh’s last bank branch, an information session for customers will take

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Jeane Freeman’s shameful attempt to defend the SNP’s catastrophic handling of pandemic

March 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Five years on as she defends ‘deadly’ care home decision Democrat reporter Strict regulations were implemented with Scots told not to leave their homes more

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Minutes reveal Scottish Government agency’s doubts about Flamingo Land support

March 24, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter Scottish Green MSP Ross Greer has urged the Scottish Government’s business agency, Scottish Enterprise, to withdraw its support for Flamingo Land’s controversial proposals

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  • CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond
  • LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots
  • First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence
  • Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week
  • POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice
  • FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

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CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond Arms A candlelight c 7 pm – 9 pm. The Tessera Quartet plays Christmas classics and music from The Holiday and Love Actually.

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LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

by BILL HEANEY Hundreds of thousands of the poorest Scots would get extra support for energy bills this winter under plans published today by Scottish

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First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

Harriet Cross, Conservative MP, Poppies for Remembrance Day and First Minister John Swinney. by LUCY ASHTON Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross has written to John

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Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

by LUCY ASHTON Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce and a range of key partners are taking part in the national Safer Business Action Week to

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POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

View in your browser ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss MacNeice’s 1938 political poem In Autumn

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FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

Monday, 9 November 2026 The Helensburgh community came together on Sunday 8 November to honour the nation’s fallen service personnel during the town’s annual Service

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RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

by Amy-Clare Martin, Tom Barnes and Joe Middleton in THE INDEPENDENT  09 November 2026  Russell Brand has been jailed for more than 10 years after being convicted

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Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

The burnt out police van which was set fire to on Bonfire Night by youths. 6 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Deploying 1,700 police officers

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