NOTEBOOK by Bill Heaney The Democrat was first with the news yet again. That’s the news that someone somewhere doesn’t want to see published. All
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Kirk Moderator pays tribute to Queen’s ’70 years of faithful service’
Her Majesty the Queen speaking at the 1969 General Assembly in Edinburgh. By Jane Bristow Lord Wallace, the Moderator of the General Assembly, has paid
JOURNALISM: MPs reiterate calls for enhanced freedom of expression safeguards in Online Safety Bill
By Bill Heaney MPs from the Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport online harms sub-committee have reiterated the need for enhanced safeguards to protect freedom of
RELIGION: Having two Popes in the Vatican was bound to lead to trouble.
Dear Reader, Pope Francis met Holocaust survivors Edith Bruck and Lidia Maksymowicz at an audience in his Vatican residence to mark Holocaust Memorial Day. “This
SHOPPING: Tesco puts 1,600 jobs at risk as it ends overnight restocking
BBC’s Emma Simpson is reporting that Tesco, which has a number of stores in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll, has warned 1,600 jobs are at risk
SPORT: Fifteen greyhounds die in three years at Shawfield Stadium
FERRET INVESTIGATION by Billy Briggs February 1, 2022 Fifteen greyhounds died and 197 injuries to animals were recorded at Shawfield Stadium between 2017 and 2020,