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The girls on the bridge: Part 1 - The suicide letter: ignored until it was too late

Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:49

By Kenneth Roy

The basic facts are these. Naimh Frances Bysouth (or Lafferty), born on 18 June 1994, and Terrie Faye Oliver (also known as Georgia May Rowe), born on 13 February 1995, walked a distance of three miles from the Good Shepherd Centre, in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, to the Erskine Bridge, arriving near the centre of the bridge just before 9 o'clock on the evening of Sunday 4 October 2009. They had walked for about an hour to their pre-planned destination.

Margins book and music festival – Alistair Gray and the last performance of Fleck

Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:49

The end of February sees the second grass roots celebration of Scotland’s literary and musical talent.

This festival has no public funding and seeks to make arts accessible and affordable this year with what promises to be an event to hold in the memory.

Late, Late appearance for Salmond as US chat show host talks to First Minister

Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:49

By a Newsnet reporter

First Minister Alex Salmond hit the US chat show circuit when he appeared as a guest on The Late, Late Show.

Hosted by ex-pat Scot Craig Ferguson, Mr Salmond fielded questions on Scottish history and his goal of independence ... against the backdrop of the Arbroath Abbey ruins.

Concerns raised over growing number of Labour/Tory council pacts

Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:49

By a Newsnet reporter

The number of pacts between Labour local authority groups and their Tory counterparts has prompted fears that the views of local voters are being ignored in favour of deals aimed at locking out the SNP.

With the number of alliances between Labour and Tory increasing across Scotland’s local authorities, there are fears that Conservative influence may be exaggerated despite the party suffering a drop in voter support.

The girls on the bridge: Part 2 - A suicidal girl, two visits to A & E within 24 hours, but 'no treatment required'

Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:49

By Kenneth Roy

On Sunday 4 October 2009, two girls in the care of the Good Shepherd Centre, Bishopton, Renfrewshire – Neve Lafferty, aged 15, and Georgia Rowe, aged 14 – linked arms and threw themselves off the Erskine Bridge. This is the second part of SR’s examination of a tragic and perplexing case.

Newsnet Scotland

The girls on the bridge: Part 1 - The suicide letter: ignored until it was too late

Margins book and music festival – Alistair Gray and the last performance of Fleck

Late, Late appearance for Salmond as US chat show host talks to First Minister

Concerns raised over growing number of Labour/Tory council pacts

The girls on the bridge: Part 2 - A suicidal girl, two visits to A & E within 24 hours, but 'no treatment required'

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