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Day: September 14, 2026

PRIMARY SCHOOL ART AND MUSIC “GUTTED” BY SNP, SAYS SANGSTER

September 14, 2026 heaneymedia

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Labour has accused the SNP of “hollow rhetoric” on the arts as new analysis shows the number of art and music

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Oasis announce huge Celtic Park gig that will kick off 2027 

September 14, 2026 heaneymedia

Oasis have confirmed they will play five nights at Celtic Park next summer Oasis have confirmed they will return to Scotland next year. Oasis have

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Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland at Woman’s Guild annual gathering

September 14, 2026 heaneymedia

The Guild Annual Gathering at Perth North Church. It was a great day out with many guild members from around the country attending and many

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GLENCAIRN HOUSE PICTURED FROM THE AIR ABOVE HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

September 14, 2026 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire Community    Pics by Pedro Dumbarton’s oldest building – the 403-year-old Glencairn House, which will soon become the town’s library.

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STENA LINE ANTICIPATES A PEACEFUL AUTUMN IN NORTHERN IRELAND

September 14, 2026 heaneymedia

Hello, it’s school season again!  If you like to get away from it all when you book your getaways, early autumn with Stena Line is

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Peter Murrell faces paying the SNP an extra £130k in proceeds of crime hearing due to inflation

September 14, 2026 heaneymedia

by BILL HEANEY Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband was jailed for more than five years in June after he admitted stealing a total of £400,310.65 from the SNP

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  • LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots
  • First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence
  • Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week
  • POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice
  • FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

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CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond Arms A candlelight c 7 pm – 9 pm. The Tessera Quartet plays Christmas classics and music from The Holiday and Love Actually.

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LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

by BILL HEANEY Hundreds of thousands of the poorest Scots would get extra support for energy bills this winter under plans published today by Scottish

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First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

Harriet Cross, Conservative MP, Poppies for Remembrance Day and First Minister John Swinney. by LUCY ASHTON Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross has written to John

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Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

by LUCY ASHTON Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce and a range of key partners are taking part in the national Safer Business Action Week to

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POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

View in your browser ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss MacNeice’s 1938 political poem In Autumn

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FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

Monday, 9 November 2026 The Helensburgh community came together on Sunday 8 November to honour the nation’s fallen service personnel during the town’s annual Service

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RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

by Amy-Clare Martin, Tom Barnes and Joe Middleton in THE INDEPENDENT  09 November 2026  Russell Brand has been jailed for more than 10 years after being convicted

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Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

Teenager taken to hospital with eye injury as West Dunbartonshire gets off with relatively quiet Bonfire Night

The burnt out police van which was set fire to on Bonfire Night by youths. 6 November 2026 by BILL HEANEY Deploying 1,700 police officers

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