April 3, 2025 – THE DEMOCRAT

BAILLIE AND SWINNEY IN ANGRY CLASH OVER IMPROVEMENTS TO NHS SCOTLAND

April 3, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie is not interested in improvements to the National Health Service, according to First Minister John Swinney. The Scottish

SKIRL O’ THE PIPES COULD WIN PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP OVER ON SCOTCH WHISKY TARIFFS

April 3, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney First Minister John Swinney will don his kilt and swagger through New York behind a pipe band this weekend in a bid

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL STANDARDS COMMISSION IS JUST A KANGAROO COURT (UPDATE)

Caption left to right: Bill Heaney, Amanda Graham, Euan Gear, Sid Perrie, David McBride, Provost Hendrie, Beth Culshaw, Cllr Ronnie McColl, Peter Hessett, Kate Higgins

Historic Environment Scotland launches pilot fund to support Scotland’s historic places of worship

Glasgow Mosque and above St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh. by BILL HEANEY Scotland’s Places of Worship Fund will support eligible listed places of worship across

SCOTTISH LABOUR: Well past time for SNP to wake up to the dire financial crisis our universities are now facing

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 2026 It is well past time for the Scottish Government to wake up to the dire financial crisis our universities are now

SCHOOLGIRL CAROLINE GLACHAN MURDERER DONNA MARIE BRAND DIES IN HOSPITAL

Donna Marie Brand was jailed for at least 17 years for her part in the murder by BILL HEANEY BBC Scotland is reporting that a

Scottish aviation hits record passenger numbers, despite Middle East disruption

xLatest aviation trends data shows that Scottish aviation broke passenger records in the second quarter of this year, despite widely reported disruption caused by conflict

WHY HAVE THE POLICE TAKEN ON THE ROLE OF JOURNALISTS?

What are the chances of Police Scotland giving journalists their jobs back? That’s doing things such as interviewing people who have been involved in something

£BILLIONS: Big changes to Instagram and Facebook to settle a major US court case.

by LUCY ASHTON Meta will pay up to $17bn and make sweeping changes to Instagram and Facebook to settle a major US court case. The tech giant has been fighting a lawsuit against

New Executive Director of Scotland’s Finest Woods to celebrate people who care for our forests, big and small

Cashel Estate on Loch Lomondside has one of Scotland’s finest woods. by Bill Heaney Nick Drainey, pictured above, has been appointed Executive Director of Scotland’s

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