January 23, 2026 – THE DEMOCRAT

POLLUTION SCANDAL: BIG PRICE RISE AS SCOTTISH WATER HIKES UP THE CHARGES

January 23, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney Scottish Water has announced it is to hike charges by more than eight per cent – costing the average household around £42

Celtic’s off-the-field troubles escalated last night in Italy when police arrested 40 fans in Bolgna

January 23, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney Police in Italy have charged over 40 Celtic fans following a clash with Bologna supporters last night, according to local reports. Men dressed in

Trump ‘wrong’ to claim Nato troops avoided Afghanistan front line …

January 23, 2026 heaneymedia

Promotional shot for the Help for Heroes campaign, of which he is a patron. by Bill Heaney Donald Trump was “wrong” to diminish the role

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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