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Day: October 31, 2018

FOOTBALL

October 31, 2018 heaneymedia

It’s a stramash as celebrating Lennon is hit by a coin from the crowd and the players resort to fisticuffs Clockwise: Florian Kamberi is restrained

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COMMUNITY GROUPS

October 31, 2018 heaneymedia

Community encouraged to apply for funding for local projects Community groups are being invited to bid for up to £5,000 to help transform their local

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CASE SETTLED

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Police mountie case settled A former mounted police officer who sued for £1m after she fell off her horse at a football match has settled

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NOTEBOOK

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This is a passenger announcement: Avert your eyes and hold your nose, the train arriving at platform 1 is stinking It’s been happening since the

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TIMES CHANGE

October 31, 2018 heaneymedia

Westcliff replaced Dennystown 50 years ago They are demolishing parts of Westcliff in the West End of Dumbarton. The houses there were built more than

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SUNSHINE IN OZ

October 31, 2018 heaneymedia

More pictures from Australia Hallowe’en in Australia, where the lucky people enjoying the sunshine and sandy beaches include Dumbarton-born  advertising guru MT Rainey. See also

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • 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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