Despite bitter opposition from residents, CrossReach, the operating name of the Social Care Council of the Church of Scotland, have lodged a new application for planning permission to use a luxury £450,000 house in Kirktonhill as a children’s home.
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COUPLE OF DAYS OFF
I will be in Vale of Leven Hospital today for a procedure involving my eyes. No, the Health Board have not asked that they be taken out in order that The Democrat does not see what is going on there and at the QE2 Hospital and Children’s Hospital anymore. I expect to have the weekend off. I haven’t gone away you know. Bill Heaney, Editor
POLICE WITH DRINK PROBLEMS AND MENTAL ILLNESS
Independent researchers found nearly three-quarters of cops went to work while “physically unwell” in the past six months – and over a third while “mentally unwell”. And the study – due to be published in full in the coming weeks – suggested one in ten of Scotland’s 17,000 officers drink alcohol or take prescription drugs “as a coping mechanism”.
MEMO TO NICOLA STURGEON, JEANE FREEMAN, JOHN BROWN AND JANE GRANT, CEO of the HEALTH BOARD
It may be some consolation to you to know that it’s not just you lot who are being taken for mugs by the construction industry …
BURSARIES FOR CULTURE ORIENTED SCOTS
Joan Parr, director of Arts & Engagement, Creative Scotland, said: “Fair access to careers in the arts is one of the most pressing issues facing the creative sector. Providing transformative opportunities, these bursaries go some way to making entry into the arts a level playing field and ensures those with talent, but not financial backing, are given the opportunity to succeed.”
COME OUT AND FIGHT, BORIS
Liberal Democrat Leader Jo Swinson said: “Boris Johnson must stop ducking scrutiny. His cowardly behaviour shows why he simply isn’t fit to be prime minister. How can we expect Johnson to stand up to Trump or Putin if he won’t even agree to a half-hour interview with Andrew Neil? It’s bad enough that the voice of Remain has been excluded from today’s debate. But it’s even worse that right now Boris Johnson won’t be held properly to account for his lies and extreme Brexit plans.”