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Day: March 25, 2018

Churches and money

March 25, 2018 heaneymedia

Contactless payment card plan for givers in churches? St Mungo’s in Alexandria and Riverside Parish Church in Dumbarton. By BILL HEANEY Were you at church

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Licensed trade news

March 25, 2018 heaneymedia

The Herald had this exclusive report on Saturday: New pub rates are ‘lunacy’, claim publicans and hoteliers The newly refurbished Press Bar in Albion Street,

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Education

March 25, 2018 heaneymedia

Council to blame for neglect of St Martin’s, say furious parents West Dunbartonshire Council have allowed St Martin’s Primary School in Renton to become rundown

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Bill Heaney’s Notebook column

March 25, 2018 heaneymedia

Where have all the flowers gone? Levengrove Park in Dumbarton. Pictures by Michael Moffat. There have been some really daft decisions made during the 50

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Youth employment

March 25, 2018 heaneymedia

SNP council invests in the future with apprenticeships fund West Dunbartonshire Council has created a £1million fund to support apprenticeships over the next four years. 

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Fresh energy, ambition, and a determination to ensure our area gets the attention it merits, says Sophiebeen denied
  • New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 
  • SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum
  • Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …
  • LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …
  • SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …

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Fresh energy, ambition, and a determination to ensure our area gets the attention it merits, says Sophiebeen denied

Fresh energy, ambition, and a determination to ensure our area gets the attention it merits, says Sophiebeen denied

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton I’m incredibly honoured to be the SNP candidate for the Dumbarton Constituency. Since 2022, I’ve had the privilege of serving

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New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 

New whisky festival set for Loch Lomond 

Glen Scotia Mini Malts Festival is launching this month by Lucy Ashton A new whisky festival will take place on the shores of Loch Lomond

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SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum

SNP will use a majority in election to immediately demand another independence referendum

Scottish Conservative deputy leader Rachael Hamilton, pictured above, said today:  “Stephen Flynn made it crystal clear that the SNP will use a majority in Thursday’s

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Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …

Rentonians who went to fight fascism in the Spanish Civil War …

Peter Robinson is in Renton, West Dunbartonshire. Inspired by the Clydesiders’ “Our Stories Heritage Festival,” I took a walk through Renton to explore some of the things

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LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …

LibDems leader sets out plans for building housing for key workers …

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has set out his plans to create new housing for key workers and to say that

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SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …

SCOTTISH LIB DEM GREENE CHAMPION OF EV DRIVER GENERATION …

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat transport spokesperson Jamie Greene has today said that only his party have set out a realistic plan to help

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ON THURSDAY ONLY LABOUR CAN BEAT SNP IN CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS SCOTLAND, SAYS SARWAR

ON THURSDAY ONLY LABOUR CAN BEAT SNP IN CONSTITUENCIES ACROSS SCOTLAND, SAYS SARWAR

by Bill Heaney As the final week before polling begins, Anas Sarwar pledged to change Scotland when he said only Scottish Labour can beat the

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ELECTION: FIRST MINISTER JOINS SOPHIE’S CAMPAIGN TO WIN DUMBARTON SEAT

ELECTION: FIRST MINISTER JOINS SOPHIE’S CAMPAIGN TO WIN DUMBARTON SEAT

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton Brilliant to be out this weekend in Dumbarton with the First Minister, speaking with local residents and campaigners and hearing

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