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Day: May 4, 2026

New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 

May 4, 2026 heaneymedia

Glen Scotia Mini Malts Festival is launching this month by Lucy Ashton A new whisky festival will take place on the shores of Loch Lomond

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SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum

May 4, 2026 heaneymedia

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Rachael Hamilton, pictured above, said today:  “Stephen Flynn made it crystal clear that the SNP will use a majority in Thursday’s

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Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …

May 4, 2026 heaneymedia

Peter Robinson is in Renton, West Dunbartonshire. Inspired by the Clydesiders’ “Our Stories Heritage Festival,” I took a walk through Renton to explore some of the things

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LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …

May 4, 2026 heaneymedia

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has set out his plans to create new housing for key workers and to say that

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SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …

May 4, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Jamie Greene has today said that only his party have set out a realistic plan to help

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ON THURSDAY ONLY LABOUR CAN BEAT SNP IN CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS SCOTLAND, SAYS SARWAR

May 4, 2026 heaneymedia

by Bill Heaney As the final week before polling begins, Anas Sarwar pledged to change Scotland when he said only Scottish Labour can beat the

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  • Publishers call for charter review to deliver meaningful partnership with BBC
  • Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection
  • Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years
  • Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation
  • Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure
  • Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

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Publishers call for charter review to deliver meaningful partnership with BBC

Publishers call for charter review to deliver meaningful partnership with BBC

04/11/2026  Publishers have called for the BBC Charter Review to deliver the right conditions for the BBC to partner effectively with the commercial news sector

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Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection

Arrest made over theft of historic gold trophy from Sir Thomas Lipton museum collection

Lipton’s eight-carat gold trophy vanished from museum last year by BILL HEANEY An elderly man has been arrested in connection with the theft of a

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Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years

Childminder who admitted neglecting and abandoning children jailed for two years

by DEMOCRAT REPORTER A childminder who admitted to wilfully neglecting and abandoning children in her care has been jailed for two years. Amanda Mathewson had

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Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation

Six men convicted following illegal cryptocurrency operation

by BILL HEANEY Six men have been convicted following an illegal cryptocurrency operation valued at more than £6 million. Asim Afzal, 34, Aftab Allah, 36,

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Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure

Andy Burnham: Journalism Is A Vital Part Of Our National Infrastructure

Journalism is a vital part of our national infrastructure, and local news media is critical to the success of the government’s headline devolution agenda, Andy

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Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

Controversial cemetery memorial, part paid for by Scottish travelling community, dismantled overnight

White marble statues removed from the grave of Willy McGinley amid an ongoing planning investigation into the 4.5m-high structure.  The memorial pictured after the overnight

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Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

Minister announces public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation.

by Mairi McAllan, Minister for Education Child sexual abuse and exploitation are among the most serious harms that can be inflicted on a child. Our

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Date set for Scotland grooming gang inquiry chaired by Alexis Jay

Date set for Scotland grooming gang inquiry chaired by Alexis Jay

Thursday 5 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Scotland’s Education Secretary, Màiri McAllan, has announced that the public inquiry into group-based child sexual abuse and exploitation

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