Skip to content
THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

THE DEMOCRAT

DUNBARTONSHIRE'S DIGITAL NEWSPAPER

  • Home
  • Latest News
    • West Dunbartonshire
    • Balloch
    • Dumbarton
    • Scotland Wide
    • Helensburgh
  • TRAVEL
  • SPORT
  • BOOK REVIEWS
  • SPECIAL FEATURES
  • CONTACT US

Day: September 17, 2018

Arts and Culture

September 17, 2018 heaneymedia

Sean Keane at Clifden Arts Festival Once again a capacity crowd packed the Station House Theatre for a concert by Sean Keane, who released a

Continue reading

POLITICS IN SCHOOLS

September 17, 2018 heaneymedia

Scottish history is a forbidden subject for senior pupils in our schools Local schoolchildren enjoying a visit to historic Dumbarton Castle and Mary Queen of

Continue reading

LOCH RANGERS

September 17, 2018 heaneymedia

Park welcomes Vale of Leven Academy pupils to Junior Ranger programme Pupils from Vale of Leven Academy receive their John Muir certificates. By Laura Dennett

Continue reading

News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    
  • School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately
  • DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans
  • PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?
  • HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 
  • Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Previously: THE DEMOCRAT

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election     

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have won the Girvan and South Carrick by–election, gaining the seat from the SNP.   South Ayrshire resident Alan Lamont becomes

Continue reading

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

By Lucy Ashton Strikes that will close schools across Scotland are set to go ahead after UNISON unsurprisingly rejected a new pay deal which the

Continue reading

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

By Bill Heaney Getting a straight answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament can often be like pulling teeth. And so it was when

Continue reading

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison and Labour leader Anas Sarwar By Bill Heaney The consultation on the council tax multiplier is looking at how we

Continue reading

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

Lynn Smith discovered that she had kidney failure two years after giving birth to her now 17-year-old daughter, Erin. Five years later she had a

Continue reading

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Price of drink up again as SNP roll out a 65p minimum unit price The Scottish Government wants to ‘hit responsible drinkers during a cost-of-living

Continue reading

COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

COUNCILS LIED ABOUT MONEY DURING SCHOOL STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS

They are now ‘demanding’ strike suspension as ‘best and final’ offer made Most primary and secondary schools in Scotland face closures from Tuesday, September 26,

Continue reading

WHY CUTS IN SERVICES HAVE COME BACK TO HAUNT POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

WHY CUTS IN SERVICES HAVE COME BACK TO HAUNT POLITICIANS AND PUBLIC SERVANTS

Hospitals and health centres which serve patients from West Dunbartonshire. By Bill Heaney Read this and weep. All the main hospitals and health centres serving

Continue reading

September 2018
M T W T F S S
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
« Aug   Oct »

Facebook – Follow Us

  • Facebook

Twitter – Follow Us

  • Twitter
Powered by WordPress.com.
 

Loading Comments...