September 5, 2018 – THE DEMOCRAT

WORST FOR WOMEN

September 5, 2018 heaneymedia

Women’s life expectancy in West Dunbartonshire is worst in Scotland Dumbarton and Vale of Leven from the air. By Bill Heaney Overall life expectancy in

CHILDREN FIRST

September 5, 2018 heaneymedia

Safety of women and children is priority for concerned social workers By Bill Heaney Suffer the little children – and they do suffer here in

September 5, 2018 heaneymedia

Council pilot sees families benefit from additional childcare hours Councillors Karen Conaghan and Caroline McAllister with some of the children enjoying the care scheme. By

McNEISH SAYS NO

September 5, 2018 heaneymedia

Cameron McNeish is a Scottish wilderness hiker, backpacker and mountain walker and a respected commentator on outdoor pursuits. Give us peace at Balloch on the

SOCIAL WORK

September 5, 2018 heaneymedia

Drink, drugs, couch potato lifestyles and overeating shorten our life Change your lifestyle and stay out of the health centre, says Jackie Irvine. By Bill

LOCH LOMOND

September 5, 2018 heaneymedia

GLOVES ARE OFF AS LIBRARY PROTESTERS CONSULT LAWYERS OVER CLOSURE

Balloch library campaigners threaten to take Council to court By Bill Heaney Women, children and elderly residents of Balloch have written to politicians and taken

CHIVAS WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE OVER FESTIVE SEASON

Trade unions warned the action could hit festive supplies of premier brands By Bill Heaney Hundreds of Dumbarton-based Scotch whisky production workers will take strike

Donna threatened to batter her, witness tell Caroline Glachan trial

By Democrat reporter Donna Marie Brand threatened to “batter” Caroline Glachan for going out with Robert O’Brien whom she was herself seeing at the same

POLITICS: Majority of Scots think Matheson should resign over £11,000 iPad data bill

By Bill Heaney I may have been wrong when I wrote in my Notebook column that I believed Michael Matheson, pictured right, should refuse to

BAILLIE: HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALS LOCAL HOUSING EMERGENCY

By Bill Heaney Homelessness is not new in West Dunbartonshire. People of a certain age will remember the Model lodging house in the old Artizan

Parents will feel blamed, sidelined and abandoned by new schools behaviour report

Published 28 November 2023 Good behaviour – the majority of pupils are behaving well in Scotland. By Bill Heaney Thousands of head teachers, teachers and

CAROLINE: It was likely that she sustained a minimum of ten blows to the head

Caroline was unconscious but alive when she entered water, murder trial told The body of 14-year-old Caroline Glachan was discovered in the river Leven on

CARERS DAY IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

Carers of West Dunbartonshire Wow, what a great day we’ve had! A HUGE thank you to all the amazing organisations who joined us for today’s

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