Report by Lucy Ashton / Artwork by Jane Heaney Children’s Minister Clare Haughey is encouraging more people to consider fostering as the number of children
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School uniform: have your say, says Education Secretary
Pupils, parents and carers in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute are being asked to give their views on school uniform to help shape new
SCOTCH: Story of whisky industry preserved in museum collection
A selection of 14 objects have been acquired ahead of World Whisky Day in Edinburgh Report and pictures by Bill Heaney Dumbarton was once
RELIGION: Queen applauds role of Kirk congregations in ‘welcoming the stranger’
By Laura Crawford On the opening day of this year’s General Assembly, Her Majesty The Queen has written a letter to the Church of Scotland
RELIGION: Royal representative Lord Hodge commends Kirk for truthfulness
Lord Hodge, the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, who has been appointed Lord High Commissioner, the Sovereign’s personal representative to
MONEY: Council leaders will be paid a salary of almost £60,000 a year
Volunteers no more — basic annual earnings for councillors are set at £19,571 but they get a greater sum for extra responsibilities Big earners in