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Day: January 8, 2019

INVESTIGATION

January 8, 2019 heaneymedia

Helensburgh MP wants to know where DUP ‘dark money’ came from Cook with Jackson Carlaw, the MSP filling in for Tory leader Ruth Davidson. Helensburgh

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CENTRAL STATION

January 8, 2019 heaneymedia

Dumbarton Central Station Bridge which is being refurbished by Network Rail. Picture by David Tait. Clean-up time for Dumbarton’s dank, dirty and dangerous railway bridges

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KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

January 8, 2019 heaneymedia

Adverts for good causes and community events go FREE in The Democrat. Send them to heaneymedia@btinternet.com

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PROCEDURES WERE UNFAIR

January 8, 2019 heaneymedia

Legal blunder leads to harassment inquiry case being thrown out by judge Alex Salmond: “While I am glad about the victory that has been achieved

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AMBULANCES

January 8, 2019 heaneymedia

MSP calls for more ambulances and upgrade of patient transport service MSP Jackie Baillie calls for more ambulances and better patient transport services. By Bill

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • CRUACHAN DRAMA: Hill walker flown to hospital by helicopter
  • Fact check: Nicola Sturgeon takes credit for success of others
  • SNP SHAMBLES: Fraud squad ask party about expensive purchases and gifts

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RENTON: Body found in house fire as police probe ‘suspicious’ death

RENTON: Body found in house fire as police probe ‘suspicious’ death

Fire crews were called to reports of a fire at a property in Tontine Park, Renton, early on Saturday morning West Dunbartonshire: Body found in

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FLAMINGO LAND: INVESTIGATION BY NICK KEMPE OF PARKSWATCH SCOTLAND

FLAMINGO LAND: INVESTIGATION BY NICK KEMPE OF PARKSWATCH SCOTLAND

Flamingo Land’s third planning application on Loch Lomond in trouble March 26, 2023 I had hoped to cover the members debate that took place in

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LOCH LOMOND: Heather about to weather a storm of criticism about the National Park

LOCH LOMOND: Heather about to weather a storm of criticism about the National Park

Heather Reid, Convener of Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park Authority. Newly elected National Park Convener Heather Reid shares her thoughts on leading the

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CRUACHAN DRAMA: Hill walker flown to hospital by helicopter

CRUACHAN DRAMA: Hill walker flown to hospital by helicopter

Mountain Rescue workers were called out to a casualty on Ben Cruachan. By Democrat reporter A hillwalker was rushed to hospital by helicopter yesterday after

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Fact check: Nicola Sturgeon takes credit for success of others

Fact check: Nicola Sturgeon takes credit for success of others

By Ferret Investigative Journalists Picture by ANDREW COWAN Nicola Sturgeon faced MSPs for the final time at first ministers’ questions (FMQs) on Thursday, ahead of

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SNP SHAMBLES: Fraud squad ask party about expensive purchases and gifts

SNP SHAMBLES: Fraud squad ask party about expensive purchases and gifts

Sturgeon and Murrell have resigned as questions keep coming over ‘indyref2’ cash By Democrat reporter The Sunday Mail is reporting that SNP is being probed over

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JOURNALISM: How columnists were complicit in one of the great con jobs of modern times

JOURNALISM: How columnists were complicit in one of the great con jobs of modern times

Who says journalists never take a long, hard look at themselves in the mirror? Fintan O’Toole in The Irish Times In all the reflections this

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SNP leadership favourites will each cost the taxpayer over £1.6 billion

SNP leadership favourites will each cost the taxpayer over £1.6 billion

Splash the cash Forbes says she’ll increase childcare payments to £40, and pay £15 an hour for social care workers … By Bill Heaney Pledges

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