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Day: August 7, 2018

Exam results

August 7, 2018 heaneymedia

West Dunbartonshire schools celebrate improved exam results Local students celebrate the arrival of their examination results. Schools across West Dunbartonshire are celebrating after achieving their

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Salmon farming

August 7, 2018 heaneymedia

Scottish salmon farming expansion must be stopped, say critics A salmon farm operating off the West Coast of Scotland. Special report by Richard Baynes of

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Calling all artists

August 7, 2018 heaneymedia

Landscape drawing with Katie Pope Thursday 16 August ( 13:00 – 17:00 ) Dalmuir Park , 9 Overtoun Road, Dalmuir Award winning artist Katie Pope will

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Balloch Festival

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By Lucy Ashton The Bonnie Banks and welcoming waters of Loch Lomond will play host to the inaugural European Championships Open Water Swimming competition giving

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Bonhill Church

August 7, 2018 heaneymedia

Braes o’Bonhill from the air … No, it’s not God looking down from Heaven on the Braes o’Bonhill. It’s a fabulous picture of the village

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Nadhim Zahawi sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs row
  • Holocaust Memorial Day in West Dunbartonshire
  • HEALTH: Doctor recognised with lifetime achievement award 
  • Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief
  • PETRIE HEADS ITALIAN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS TAKING COURT ACTION ON PAY
  • TERRORISM: Far right extremism most common terror-linked ideology in Scotland

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Holocaust Memorial Day in West Dunbartonshire

Holocaust Memorial Day in West Dunbartonshire

Published 27 January 2023 Provost Douglas McAllister today led councillors, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, official and West Dunbartonshire residents in sombre remembrance at a flag-raising

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HEALTH: Doctor recognised with lifetime achievement award 

HEALTH: Doctor recognised with lifetime achievement award 

By Democrat reporter A doctor from the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow has been recognised with a prestigious award for his work in developing

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Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

Isla Bryson was convicted of the rapes of two women which were said to have been carried out before she changed gender. By Lucy Ashton

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PETRIE HEADS ITALIAN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS TAKING COURT ACTION ON PAY

PETRIE HEADS ITALIAN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS TAKING COURT ACTION ON PAY

By Lucy Ashton The European Commission is threatening to take Italy before the Court of Justice of the European Union in two months should Italy

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TERRORISM: Far right extremism most common terror-linked ideology in Scotland

TERRORISM: Far right extremism most common terror-linked ideology in Scotland

Police Scotland – Semper Vigilo – always watchful for first signs of terrorism. Author: Jamie Mann in The Ferret Far right extremism was the most

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Scottish Government’s new land register to cause ‘significant difficulty’ say Churches

Scottish Government’s new land register to cause ‘significant difficulty’ say Churches

By Bill Heaney A new Scottish Government register of who has a control over land has been criticised by Church leaders for the way it

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SNP must order Police Scotland to record all rapists as men, say Tory MSPs

SNP must order Police Scotland to record all rapists as men, say Tory MSPs

Friday 27 January 2023 By Lucy Ashton SNP ministers have been urged today to order Police Scotland to record anyone charged or convicted of rape

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RELIGION: ‘HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A CRIME … BUT IT IS A SIN’

RELIGION: ‘HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT A CRIME … BUT IT IS A SIN’

By Brendan Walsh, editor of The Tablet Many thought playing a major football tournament in Qatar, where homosexuality is outlawed, was wrong; it was pointed

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