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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

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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

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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

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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

  • Councillors voted against asking for more government money to improve pay
  • Help us build a register of Common Good Funds. How much is in them and where’s the money kept?
  • PANDEMIC: 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid
  • Governments must step up to protect children’s rights
  • Baby donkey found two weeks after being stolen from farm
  • RELIGION: Father and son shouted sectarian abuse at woman

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Councillors voted against asking for more government money to improve pay

Councillors voted against asking for more government money to improve pay

COSLA’s refusal to approach the Scottish government to help fund fair pay for council workers is outrageous, says UNISON By Danny Phillips UNISON, the largest

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Help us build a register of Common Good Funds. How much is in them and where’s the money kept?

Help us build a register of Common Good Funds. How much is in them and where’s the money kept?

Investigation by Karin Goodwin in The Ferret   Municipal Buildings in College Park Street. Councillors claimed them for their offices. Common Good assets are unique

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PANDEMIC: 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid

PANDEMIC: 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid

By Lucy Ashton A new Scottish Liberal Democrat analysis shows that more than 2,400 nurses were absent from work due to Long Covid. Party leader

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Governments must step up to protect children’s rights

Governments must step up to protect children’s rights

02 Jun 2023 The United Nations has today warned the UK and Scottish governments that they need to do much more to uphold children’s human

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Baby donkey found two weeks after being stolen from farm

Baby donkey found two weeks after being stolen from farm

Moon was found at an address in Buckinghamshire two weeks after going missing. By Emily Ford A baby donkey stolen from a farm has been

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RELIGION: Father and son shouted sectarian abuse at woman

RELIGION: Father and son shouted sectarian abuse at woman

Marna Ferguson was called a ‘Fenian’ by Robert and Alastair Kirkwood at Ibrox Stadium on February 6, 2022, when Catholic school teacher referee Willie Collum

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OBITUARY: Dr Charles Massie, 1978-2023

OBITUARY: Dr Charles Massie, 1978-2023

Dr Charles Massie (centre) pictured with friends and colleagues. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Charles Massie on May 5th

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Bosses at ferry fiasco shipyard to receive bonuses

Bosses at ferry fiasco shipyard to receive bonuses

The project to build the two CalMac ferries is £200m over budget. BBC Scotland is reporting that bosses at the troubled Clyde shipyard building two

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