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Day: March 11, 2018

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Letter from America From MT Rainey at Joshua Tree National Park March 11, 2018 – Twentynine Palms, California, United States – I had one day

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Parks under threat from council cutbacks and Lottery rethink on ongoing support By Bill Heaney March 11, 2018 – Our parks and green spaces are

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Taking elephant hunters to tusk over ivory atrocities Bill Heaney photographing a herd of elephants in a national park in Kenya. March 11, 2018 –

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Postbox at the junction of Bonhill Road and Townend Road in Dumbarton.       Picture by Bill Heaney Snow fair, say postal workers’ union to

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EIS members on a picket line recently outside Vale of Leven Academy. Industrial relations SNP praised for attack on unpaid work but then slated by

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Mon the Sons Dumbarton is coming alive to the fact that the Sons have reached a national Cup Final, affectionately known as the Irn Bru

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SHAGGY DOG STORY OF OVERTOUN BRIDGE

SHAGGY DOG STORY OF OVERTOUN BRIDGE

The shaggy dog story, often told but seldom with the same angle, has appeared yet again in a new and, admittedly, interesting online platform. The

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Health and social care: a year of progress 2025-2026

Health and social care: a year of progress 2025-2026

This report on driving improvement and building a stronger NHS sets out the progress in Scotland’s health and social care system during 2025 to 2026

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Courage of Scots soldiers marked in Battle of the Somme exhibition

Courage of Scots soldiers marked in Battle of the Somme exhibition

Exhibition at The Highlanders’ Museum at Fort George offers an insight into the realities of trench warfare Scottish soldiers who fought in the First World

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Event by Lennox Heritage Society: DUMBARTON HIGH STREET WALK

Event by Lennox Heritage Society: DUMBARTON HIGH STREET WALK

Artizan Centre Public.  · Anyone on or off Facebook is invited to come along. Join Elspeth and Jeremy from the Lennox Heritage Society to discover the rich

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SNP “BROKEN PROMISES” ON NHS SHOW SCOTLAND NEEDS CHANGE, SAYS DUMBARTON LABOUR CANDIDATE

SNP “BROKEN PROMISES” ON NHS SHOW SCOTLAND NEEDS CHANGE, SAYS DUMBARTON LABOUR CANDIDATE

A&E waiting times and delayed discharge from hospital are just two of the issues at this election. by Democrat reporter Scottish Labour has accused the

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TORY LEADER FINDLAY PROMISES £500 TAX CUT FOR PENSIONERS

TORY LEADER FINDLAY PROMISES £500 TAX CUT FOR PENSIONERS

by Democrat reporter Russell Findlay today called on pro-Union voters to back the Scottish Conservatives on their peach ballot to prevent an SNP majority and

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SNP ACCUSED OF EMBARKING ON ELECTION ‘PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN’

SNP ACCUSED OF EMBARKING ON ELECTION ‘PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN’

 by Bill Heaney The SNP has today been accused of engaging in a Scottish Parliament election “propaganda campaign” that would “make Pravda blush”. It’s a

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Glen Sannox ferry out of action again with engines issue

Glen Sannox ferry out of action again with engines issue

MV Glen Sannox has been sailing on the Arran route since January last year BBC Scotland is reporting that CalMac’s troubled Glen Sannox ferry has

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