Despite the wet weather, campers left significant amounts of litter, including large items of camping equipment such as chairs and sleeping bags, broken glass and full bin bags of rubbish at Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park. … More Twenty-one charged over ‘irresponsible camping’ at beauty spot
By a Democrat reporter BBC Scotland is reporting that former Labour MP and one time Army officer Eric Joyce has been told he faces jail after he admitted having an indecent movie of a child. Joyce, 59, had a film on a device that “depicts a number of children” with one said to be 12 … More Eric Joyce: Ex-Labour MP admits child sex offence
Researchers from the government’s marine laboratory in Aberdeen have found that less than one per cent of trawling and dredging around Scotland’s coast has been covered by controls in marine protected areas (MPAs). … More Scotland fails to protect marine wildlife from trawling, say government scientists
The SNP and Tory MSPs said that there is not enough time to progress the bill further before the end of the parliamentary term next year. Given that there are 9 months before the dissolution of Parliament, Jackie believes this to be “nonsense”. … More LABOUR MSPs SUPPORT BILL TO PROTECT PRIVATE RENTERS
The publisher said it will begin a 45-day consultation period regarding the reduction in staffing. All temporary pay cuts announced in response to Covid-19 will end with the exception of board members who will continue to take a 20 per cent reduction. … More CRISIS IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY
This review, and the book itself, might be considered by many people to be “too much information”. If you are of a disposition that might be offended by a detailed account of death, then please do not read on. On the other hand this may be considered an informative and insightful essay on a subject we may have ignored or been deprived of learning about. It is a long read, about 45 minutes. The Editor … More BOOK REVIEW: WE DON’T JUST PASS AWAY, WE DIE
The Scottish Childminding Association suggests that if current coronavirus restrictions were to continue only 19% of childminding businesses believe they will still be viable in 12 months’ time … More Just one in five childminders can survive under present Government guidelines
This follows the publication of new statistics that reveal patients waiting for their first cancer treatment, after a referral, were still not being seen within the Scottish Government’s target time during the first three months of 2020. … More CANCER PATIENTS MUST RECEIVE HIGHER PRIORITY
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that youth unemployment in West Dunbartonshire increased by 64.3% between February and May and by an astonishing 127.5% in Argyll and Bute. … More YOUTH JOBLESS NUMBERS ROCKETING AMID CRISIS
The latest package, intended to safeguard theatres, galleries, museums and other cultural venues – was described as “the biggest ever one-off investment in UK culture” by the UK government. … More Arts community welcomes £97 million support fund
