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Day: June 6, 2018

School will close

June 6, 2018 heaneymedia

Fury as SNP council decides St Martin’s should shut Catholic Church representative Ellen McBride makes the long, lonely walk back to her car after the

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Arrochar Hydro

June 6, 2018 heaneymedia

Children from Arrochar Primary School,  Sir Malcolm Colquhoun Chairman of Luss Estates Company, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy and Duncan MacLachlan,

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Mary’s Meals

June 6, 2018 heaneymedia

Years of brutal civil war in South Sudan have left 6.3 million people facing a hunger crisis. In the difficult months that lie ahead, this

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St Martin’s

June 6, 2018 heaneymedia

It’s D for decision day for Renton primary school The future of St Martin’s PS in Renton will be discussed at a meeting of the

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Health matters

June 6, 2018 heaneymedia

Scandal of patients kept waiting for mental health appointments New figures released this week show that almost 400 patients have waited longer than the 18-week

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The Dumbarton Democrat is closing. Although successful in attracting many thousands of readers each week, this digital news platform can no longer sustain the level

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FLAMINGOLAND: Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

FLAMINGOLAND:  Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

By Lucy Ashton A Green campaign which saw a record 60,000 objections lodged against a Flamingoland development at Loch Lomond has been rebooted after the

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POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

Police Scotland is appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Dumbarton. Around 11.25pm on Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, police received a report of a

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CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

By Bill Heaney Pedophile Norman Duncan died suddenly at his home in Vale of Leven last week leading to unconfirmed speculation that he murdered and

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TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

Obituary FRANCIS J MEEHAN, US AMBASSADOR Born: February 14, 1924, East Orange, New Jersey, USA of Scottish parents from Clydebank Died: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute,

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ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

By Bill Heaney Going to the big match at Hampden on Wednesday night? You might just be able to get there by rail but, so

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ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

By Bill Heaney Updated May 31, 2022 “It’s just a domestic,” I would hear them say when I listened into the police radio of an

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COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

Unions have said that unless negotiations reopen with a ‘vastly improved offer’ then industrial action looks ‘inevitable’   The unions in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll

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