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Day: August 30, 2018

Doors open day

August 30, 2018 heaneymedia

Saturday 1 September ( 10:00 – 16:00 ) The Vale of Leven, Dumbarton and Bowling Basin Doors Open Days is Scotland’s largest free festival that

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Gartocharn

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Kilmaronock cemetery is full up Kilmaronock Parish Church and graveyard north of Gartocharn which is now full to capacity. Picture by Bill Heaney By Bill

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That’s life

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We’ve never had it so good –well, maybe not quite, says report By Bill Heaney It’s not quite you have never had it so good,

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Breast Cancer

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Baillie fury over failure to consult patients about transfer of services Jackie Baillie MSP and Vale Hospital where patients were kept in the dark. By

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TOWN CENTRE

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Pictures by Tom Gardiner

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NOTEBOOK

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Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides the right to freedom of expression and information, subject to certain restrictions that are “in

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

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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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