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Day: June 19, 2018

Campaign boost

June 19, 2018 heaneymedia

SNP and Tory alliance comes out against Flamingo Land Exclusive by Bill Heaney An unlikely alliance between the SNP and the Tories – some would

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Holidays

June 19, 2018 heaneymedia

The Democrat staff are off for a well-earned break. We will once again be travelling to Portugal from Glasgow. We’ll be back in just seven

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Flamingo Land

June 19, 2018 heaneymedia

Latest map for Flamingo Land planning application for Balloch The blue area on the map indicates land already in Flamingo Land ownership. The boundary runs

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Salmon fishing

June 19, 2018 heaneymedia

  SNP bid to crush opposition to salmon farms is ‘just a stunt’ Idyllic scene but fish farms are ruining the traditional way of catching

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Bonhill PS

June 19, 2018 heaneymedia

Community stunned as head teacher departs award-winning school Maria Seery, Laura Mason and Laura Douglas. By Bill Heaney The head teacher of Bonhill Primary School

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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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