April 22, 2026 – THE DEMOCRAT

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK: IF IT WISNAE FOR THE VOLUNTEERS WHERE WID WE BE?

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

Can’t make it to a polling station on 7th May 2026? You can apply for a proxy vote, allowing someone you trust to cast your

Scottish Liberal Democrats set out plans on drugs and homelessness

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has used a visit to Glasgow City Mission to set out his party’s plans for tackling

INVESTIGATION: Argyll soldiers in Kenya babies scandal

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

by Josephine Casserly, Ivana Davidovic, BBC News, and Bill Heaney “Edward”, a nine-year-old Kenyan boy, has always been aware that his father worked for the British

Common-sense Tory rural manifesto will end two decades of SNP neglect

April 22, 2026 heaneymedia

Russell Findlay on the election campaign trail amongst farmers. by Bill Heaney The Scottish Conservatives will today (Wednesday) publish a dedicated rural manifesto designed to

SNP ACCUSED OF “GUTTING COMMUNITY POLICING” AS OFFICER CUTS HIT LOCAL POLICE FORCES

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Labour has accused the SNP of a “campaign of centralisation” as more than 1,000 local and regional police officers are lost.

SNP break manifesto pledge to renew every play park in Scotland

by Bill Heaney The SNP have “broken their promise to a generation of children” by failing to refurbish more than half of Scotland’s playparks, according

ONLY A FEW HOURS LEFT TO GIVE YOUR VIEW

The prime stretch of Helensburgh’s waterfront is under threat. If you don’t want to see a supermarket there, cast your vote now. The public consultation

£170 million bill to fix SNP hospital hit by killer infections and poor construction scandal

by HANNAH RODGER Vital repairs to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, which has been hit by mystery infections and a patient deaths scandal-hit flagship hospital

Scottish Labour leadership contest is most important moment in party’s history, says Monica Lennon

‘My party has lost its soul, but this is the chance to rebuild,’ Monica Lennon tells Daily Record by Democrat reporter Scottish Labour leadership hopeful

Sale of vapes and cigarettes to young people could be banned in Irish Republic

Irish Government considering a ban for anyone born after a certain date The Irish Government is considering a ban on the sale of tobacco and nicotine-inhaling

ELECTION: Unison backs Monica Lennon to become Scottish Labour leader

The MSP still needs the backing of at least one more Holyrood colleague to enter the contest by BILL HEANEY UNISON, one of the big

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society to produce vision statement and seek wide international support for reinstatement

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society has declared an intention to coordinate and lead a dedicated group to reinstate the fire-damaged Mackintosh Building

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