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Mary Congratulates Choir
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Local MSP Mary Mulligan has voiced her admiration for the excellence of a local choir following the 84th annual concert of the Bathgate Menzies Choir.
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Mary calls for Minister to intervene over rail strikes
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has called for the Scottish Government to intervene to head off the threat of strike action on the railways which will hit local travellers.The Rail, Maritime and Transport Union [RMT] has balloted members over strike action against plans by Scotrail to impose driver only train operations on the new Bathgate to Airdrie line when it open later this year. more...
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Mary Supports local help for Haiti
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has given her full backing to the Herald and Post Haiti Appeal after she visited Bathgate Community Centre to donate goods for the appeal and to find out how the aid effort is progressing. more...
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Mary joins young 'slum survivors'
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has joined with local youngsters from Linlithgow Young Peoples Project [LYPP] to find out more about their 'Slum Survivors' initiative, and during the course of her visit toured the temporary slum area that the young people had constructed. more...
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More help for young carers needed
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has highlighted the work of a local voluntary organisation in a debate in the Scottish Parliament. The debate which took place on 5 November 2009, was dealing with the issue of Supporting Families in Scotland and Mary used the opportunity to highlight the value of the work done by Carers of West Lothian and in particular the support provided to young carers through their Young Carers Partnership Project. more...
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Mary slams cemetery vandals
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Local MSP Mary Mulligan has added her voice to those who have condemned the deliberate damage to 27 headstones at Manse Road Cemetery in Whitburn. more...
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Remberence Sunday
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Local MSP Mary Mulligan joined with communities across her Linlithgow Constituency in marking Remembrance Sunday and recalling the sacrifice of those who lost their lives in the service of their country. more...
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Mary supports anti knife crime petition
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Mary Mulligan has welcomed news that a service which gives people the opportunity to anonymously provide information on any person who they know is carrying or has used a knife has been introduced in Scotland. more...
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Mary celebrates Fairtrade anniversary
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Mary Mulligan has marked 15 years of the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK by lodging a motion in the Scottish Parliament highlighting the work of the Foundation and celebrating the activities of Fairtrade organisations and towns such as Whitburn and Linlithgow. more...
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Mary visits local businesses
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has been visiting local businesses in Bathgate to see at first hand how they are getting on in these tougher economic times. more...
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Mary 'wears it pink' |
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Mary Mulligan is joining forces with Breast Cancer Campaign and to raise awareness for its award winning fundraising event, wear it pink, which this year takes place on Friday 30 October. more...
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Mary fights for town centre cash
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Mary Mulligan today said that she was now more confident that West Lothian would be successful in getting money from the Scottish Town Centre Regeneration Fund following assurances she received at a meeting she had with Alex Neil MSP, Scottish Government minister for Housing and Communities. more...
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Mary keeps ScotRail on track |
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Mary Mulligan recently made the best of the opportunity to speak up on behalf of her Constituents who travel by train when she attended a public customer consultation event hosted by Scotrail. The event was held in Linlithgow on Thursday 10th September. more...
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Mary welcomes Mary Queen of Scot's last letter to Linlithgow
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Mary Mulligan has welcomed the announcement by the National Library of Scotland that it is to put on display the last ever letter written by Mary Queen of Scots, and her hopes that it will provide a boost to tourism in the town. The letter was written only hours before her execution on 8 February 1587 to the King of France, Henri III who was Mary's brother in law, the brother of her late husband, Francois II. more...
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Mary slams hospital rezoning delay
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Mary Mulligan has out after it was revealed in the Evening News that Health bosses are using problems with public transport links as an excuse to delay the rezoning of NHS patients from the Western General to St Johns Hospital in Livingston. more...
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Mary welcomes demetia patients
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Mary Mulligan MSP for Linlithgow was pleased to welcome members of Alzheimer Scotland's West Lothian Day Club to her office. The Day Club meets in Bathgate to provide for younger people who have dementia. Over the last 6 months members and supporters have raised over £3,000 to pay for the Club but more is needed. The Club applied to West Lothian Community Health & Care Partnership (CHCP) for additional funding, but were refused. more...
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Mary supports Wester Inch community fair
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Residents of the Wester Inch Village area of Bathgate were given the opportunity to see at first hand some of the many clubs, organisations and services that are available in the town when they attended the Wester Inch Community Fair on Saturday 20 June 2009. more...
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Mary signs up to groundbreaking breast cancer study
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has joined the world's most comprehensive study into the causes of breast cancer - the Breakthrough Generations Study. more...
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Mary Mulligan supports residents at local enquiry
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Local MSP Mary Mulligan has spoken out in support of village residents who are objecting to plans for the use of Philpstoun Bing, which they fear, will blight their community. more...
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Mary Mulligan MSP joins Fiona Phillips to welcome free carer health checks
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has welcomed an offer of free health checks for local people who care for ill, frail or disabled friends or family members during this year's Carers Week. more...
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Mary Mulligan supports blanket charity
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Linlithgow MSP Mary Mulligan has commended the work Project Linus UK after she met with representatives of the Charity when they recently visited the Scottish Parliament. Project Linus UK provides quilts and blankets for sick and traumatised children and young adults and the West Lothian operation is based in Linlithgow. more...
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Mary backs tv singing sensation Susan |
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Local MSP Mary Mulligan has lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament backing ?Britain's Got Talent' sensation Susan Boyle and calling on people to get behind Susan in the competition. more...
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Mary Mulligan calls for better housing |
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Local and National politicians have joined forces with a West Lothian Community to call for a concerted effort to improve conditions for local residents. more...
