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Day: May 9, 2025

New road bridge over River Clyde opens to traffic

May 9, 2025 heaneymedia

Democrat reporter The first new road bridge across the River Clyde in nearly two decades has opened to traffic. The Renfrew Bridge, linking the Renfrewshire

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Cash support for key tourist attraction in Helensburgh

May 9, 2025 heaneymedia

09 May 2025 By Aileen Maclennan Helensburgh Outdoor Museum is one of half a dozen projects earmarked to benefit from a share of £half a

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PEACE LANTERN AND FLOWERS LAID AT OLD KILPATRICK ON VE DAY

May 9, 2025 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire SNP Councillors Councillor Lauren Oxley – Clydebank Waterfront Ward It was lovely to join members of the community in Old Kilpatrick to mark

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REFORM UK TAKES FIRST STEP TO OUST LABOUR FROM DUMBARTON SEAT

May 9, 2025 heaneymedia

Top of page picture: Dumbarton from the air by Pedro Pix. Let the battle begin. In the red corner we have Dame Jackie Baillie, the

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Pope Leo XIV to Cardinals: ‘We are to bear witness to our joyful faith in Christ’

May 9, 2025 heaneymedia

Top of page: Mass for the Church of Pope Leo XIV with the Cardinal Electors, and other Cardinals present in Rome, in the Sistine Chapel.

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Scottish politicians have begun the countdown to the 2026 Holyrood elections.

May 9, 2025 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scotland won’t be going to the polls for another year, but STV News politics reporter Danyel VanReenen has come out already with

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  • IT’S PARTY TIME FOR SCOTLAND IN BOSTON USA
  • 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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