January 30, 2026 – THE DEMOCRAT

Three dozen drivers arrested over festive season for driving while unfit through drink or drugs

January 30, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney More than 3,500 drink and drug driving tests were carried out by Police Scotland officers during the festive enforcement campaign. In West

Four police officers injured before Celtic v Utrecht match and Rangers lose out to Porto

January 30, 2026 heaneymedia

Police said the officers were injured before Thursday’s match between Celtic and Utrecht BBC Scotland is reporting that four police officers were injured after missiles

Scotland and Forest star John Robertson honoured at funeral …

January 30, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney Former Scotland, Nottingham Forest and Derby County winger John Robertson has been honoured by family, friends and former team mates at his

Reform surges ahead of Labour in new poll for Scottish Parliament election on May 7

January 30, 2026 heaneymedia

Reform making big impact in the polls for Holyrood elections Malcolm Offord and Nigel Farage. by Democrat reporter Reform UK has a five-point lead over

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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