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How female double act The Dolls cleaned up in the world of Scottish comedy
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Cycle infrastructure ‘risks reinforcing health inequalities’, report warns
CYCLE infrastructure risks exacerbating health inequalities in Glasgow unless more effort is made to target routes and bike hire schemes to the most deprived communities, public health experts have warned. A series of reports by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health, due to be published next week, highlight that segregated cycle ways to the west and south-west of the city are leading more people to commute by bike, but that the increase has been concentrated among better off households who are more likely to own bikes or live near a segregated cycle route.
Want to become a councillor? Here’s your big chance
With the Scottish council elections taking place in less than three months, the countdown is on for anyone who is thinking about standing as a candidate. Voters will go to the polls on Thursday, May 4, to elect 22 councillors to serve the seven wards which make up the East Dunbartonshire area.
Jimmy Boyle, Barlinnie and me, by the woman who married Scotland’s notorious gangland killer
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David Spaven: Get freight on track for a better future
When the Scottish Parliament unanimously backed the Climate Change Act in 2009, much was made of this being the most ambitious climate change legislation anywhere in the world. In the intervening years, good progress on emissions has been made in a number of sectors – but the glaring exception has been transport.
Council may seek judicial review if Ardrossan loses Arran ferry route
CONTROVERSIAL plans to relocate one of Scotland ‘s busiest ferry crossings will be challenged in the law courts if approved, it has been warned. North Ayrshire Council chiefs have said they may seek a judicial review if the Scottish government switches the Brodick ferry service from Ardrossan to Troon.
Urgent appeal for witnesses as teenager in A71 crash left in critical condition
AN urgent appeal for witnesses has been launched by Police Scotland following a serious road crash on the A71 in Larkhall. The crash involved a white BMW travelling eastbound on Ayr Road and a blue Volkswagen Polo which was travelling west.
Four SRUC Oatridge Campus students shortlisted for the prestigious Lantra awards
Four students from the Oatridge Campus of SRUC have been shortlisted for the prestigious Lantra awards in the categories of Higher Education, Engineering, Conservation and Equine Studies. Katie Dubarry started her studies at SRUC Oatridge Campus and is doing a BSc in Agriculture at SRUC Edinburgh Campus.
Scott Macnab: Who’s left to stand up to Holyrood?
The SNP is poised to seize control of town halls but opposition to diktat from Edinburgh may suffer, writes Scott MacNab The political map of Scotland is poised to alter radically once more in the months ahead. The shifting plates of power which have marked the past decade are again on the move as the council elections loom and the outcome is likely to be another brick in the wall of the SNP’s hegemony of the country’s public life.a Sweeping gains are likely for the Nationalists.
Play brings back harsh realities
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‘I hate paedos and now I have become one’: Pervert’s…
A depraved paedophile who sexually abused a young girl up to four times a week called himself a “monster” in sick text messages to his victim, a court has heard. In one of the messages to the girl, who was abused when she was aged eight and nine, Calum Adams wrote: “I hate paedos and now I have become one.”
American Hyndman scores 1st goal for Glasgow Rangers
Hyndman assisted on Kenny Miller’s go-ahead, 90th-minute goal in his Rangers debut, a Scottish Cup win over Motherwell on Jan. 21, and scored in the 87th minute of a 2-0 win over Motherwell in the Scottish Premier League on Saturday. The 20-year-old from Texas, a grandson of former Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman, signed with England’s Fulham in 2014 and moved to Bournemouth last June.
Seven fascinating facts about Robert Burns
Over the course of over a couple of centuries the commemoration of his birthday has developed into a formal occasion full of arcane and deeply traditional whimsy . It’s laced with the sort of humour which worked well in the early 19th century, and is intensely “blokeish” some would say outright sexist and much fuss is made about the haggis, and of course whisky.
Meet Lincoln, the world’s biggest Shire horse
IT IS an accolade guaranteed to get you on the highest of horses and bring a smile to even the longest face. But a giant Shire horse who was saved from the knacker’s yard by his Scots owner has grown to become the biggest in the world.
Police patrol Glasgow primary school at centre of shooting
Police officers hunting a gunman who shot a man who was cleared of a gangland murder have been patrolling the school grounds where he was attacked. Ross Monaghan, 35, was injured just after 9am yesterday near St George’s Primary School in the Penilee area of Glasgow.
Sheridan Nicol on dancing and teaching the stars
IF A movie were to be made of Sheridan Nicol’s life story the opening scenes would reveal the woman she was set to become. A five-year-old is riding her pink trike down Main Street in Larkhall, near where she lives in the flat above the shop in which her father makes cabinets and coffins.
Air pollution on Scots streets ‘causing public heath crisis’
Air pollution is causing a public health crisis in Scotland, environmental campaigners have said with five new “pollutions zones” declared over the last year. In 2016 new official pollution zones were declared in Linlithgow and Newton in West Lothian, Johnstone and Renfrew in Renfrewshire, and with Edinburgh’s Salamander Street coming into force later this month, taking the number up to 38 across the country.
John Muir Way awarded Scotland’s Great Trail status
The 134 mile route – which stretches across Scotland’s heartland running between Helensburgh in the west and Muir’s birthplace in Dunbar on the east coast – joins other world famous paths which have been honoured with the prestigious award. Since its launch in April 2014, which marked the centenary year of the Scots-born conservationist’s death, the route has fulfilled the key criteria to earn the highly sought after status.
Natalia Wilkanowska’s body lay undiscovered under rubble for 12 years in Luton
Missing mother’s body ‘lay under garden rubble for 12 years and was only discovered after ex-husband’s brother revealed: ‘He killed her and chopped her up and she’ll never be found” The body of Natalia Wilkanowska lay undiscovered for more than 12 years after she was killed by her ex husband, a jury heard A woman’s body lay under builder’s rubble in a back garden for more than 12 years before it was discovered, a jury heard today. Natalia Wilkanowska, 50, disappeared in 2003 after visiting her ex-husband Gerald Doherty in Luton from her home Eastbourne.
East Kilbride pensioner launches campaign to save ‘Dracula’ castle
A Scots pensioner has launched a campaign to save a castle renowned for being an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s horror novel ‘Dracula’. Joe Allan, 82, wants to have Slains Castle taken away from developers and given back to the people of Scotland.
East Dunbartonshire to host National Holocaust Memorial Day
Scotland’s national Holocaust Memorial Day will be hosted next month by East Dunbartonshire – along with a number of other events throughout the week. The Council is working in partnership with Interfaith Scotland and the Scottish Government to raise awareness of the persecution on the theme of ‘How can life go on?’ Bishopbriggs Academy has been chosen as the venue for Scotland’s Holocaust memorial event on Thursday 26 January – the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.
Final victory for campaigners as Government rules against development of inner city woodland
CAMPAIGNERS in the long-running battle to save an inner-city woodland from development have won their fight as ministers rule against the plans. Opponents of the plan to build around 100 town houses on the site in Glasgow’s west end have been informed by the Scottish Government that it has refused planning permission, marking a victory in the five-year campaign for residents and their high-profile supporters.