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Day: January 6, 2026

Martin O’Neill insists Celtic need new signings to get past Nancy crisis …

January 6, 2026 heaneymedia

BBC Sport Scotland Returning interim manager Martin O’Neill is in no doubt that Celtic must strengthen in the January transfer window, according to BBC Scotland

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University of Glasgow turns 575 years-old …

January 6, 2026 heaneymedia

by Charlotte Morris The University of Glasgow today [7th January] celebrated its 575th birthday, marking its world-changing past and future. Following the tercentenary and bicentenary

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Loadsamoney MSPs pay to increase to £77,000, but they are still asking for more …

January 6, 2026 heaneymedia

by Democrat reporter The salary for MSPs at Holyrood will increase by 4.3% in April, it has been announced. Tory MSP Jackson Carlaw, pictured right,

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Angela Constance breached ministerial code twice  … and gets a slap on the wrist

January 6, 2026 heaneymedia

by Democrat reporter Angela Constance has been found to have breached the ministerial code twice but will remain in her role as Justice Secretary, the

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Children First urges families worried about bills in West Dunbartonshire to call support line during cold snap

January 6, 2026 heaneymedia

As the country faces a sharp drop in temperatures, national children’s charity, Children First, is encouraging families in West Dunbartonshire, who are struggling with the

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CLYDEBANK CHAOS: LETTER TO THE EDITOR

January 6, 2026 heaneymedia

A relatively cheap solution to the problem of the potential hazard Along Dumbarton Road in Clydebank, between Kilbowie Road and Argyle Road there is Alexander

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  • ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
  • Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18
  • ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP
  • Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond
  • BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal
  • LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

  Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

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