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Day: May 29, 2018

Music lessons fury

May 29, 2018 heaneymedia

Means tested charges hit bum note with parents and union Jim Halfpenny of the EIS and a young banjo player who enjoys his music. Means

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Drymen Show

May 29, 2018 heaneymedia

Strathendrick Agricultural event is brilliant success in May sunshine Crowds flocked to the Strathendrick Agricultural Show at Drymen on the banks of the River Endrick

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SNP climb down

May 29, 2018 heaneymedia

Council leader should resign over grass cutting U-turn Levengrove Park stripped bare of flowers and SNP leader Jonathan McColl. By Bill Heaney It was inevitable

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Wedding

May 29, 2018 heaneymedia

Bonnie Banks bride weds at Boturich There is no place on earth, especially when the sun shines as it has over the past few days,

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Councillors voted against asking for more government money to improve pay
  • Help us build a register of Common Good Funds. How much is in them and where’s the money kept?
  • PANDEMIC: 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid
  • Governments must step up to protect children’s rights
  • Baby donkey found two weeks after being stolen from farm
  • RELIGION: Father and son shouted sectarian abuse at woman

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Councillors voted against asking for more government money to improve pay

Councillors voted against asking for more government money to improve pay

COSLA’s refusal to approach the Scottish government to help fund fair pay for council workers is outrageous, says UNISON By Danny Phillips UNISON, the largest

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Help us build a register of Common Good Funds. How much is in them and where’s the money kept?

Help us build a register of Common Good Funds. How much is in them and where’s the money kept?

Investigation by Karin Goodwin in The Ferret   Municipal Buildings in College Park Street. Councillors claimed them for their offices. Common Good assets are unique

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PANDEMIC: 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid

PANDEMIC: 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid

By Lucy Ashton A new Scottish Liberal Democrat analysis shows that more than 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid. Party leader

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Governments must step up to protect children’s rights

Governments must step up to protect children’s rights

02 Jun 2023 The United Nations has today warned the UK and Scottish governments that they need to do much more to uphold children’s human

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Baby donkey found two weeks after being stolen from farm

Baby donkey found two weeks after being stolen from farm

Moon was found at an address in Buckinghamshire two weeks after going missing. By Emily Ford A baby donkey stolen from a farm has been

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RELIGION: Father and son shouted sectarian abuse at woman

RELIGION: Father and son shouted sectarian abuse at woman

Marna Ferguson was called a ‘Fenian’ by Robert and Alastair Kirkwood at Ibrox Stadium on February 6, 2022, when Catholic school teacher referee Willie Collum

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OBITUARY: Dr Charles Massie, 1978-2023

OBITUARY: Dr Charles Massie, 1978-2023

Dr Charles Massie (centre) pictured with friends and colleagues. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Charles Massie on May 5th

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Bosses at ferry fiasco shipyard to receive bonuses

Bosses at ferry fiasco shipyard to receive bonuses

The project to build the two CalMac ferries is £200m over budget. BBC Scotland is reporting that bosses at the troubled Clyde shipyard building two

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