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Day: January 20, 2019

SCOTLAND IN 2050

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

What would independence look like and where would our priorities lie? By Bill Heaney What would an independent Scotland look like? What would our priorities

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FLAMINGOLAND FEARS

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

Residents show concern as power cables head for Flamingoland site By Bill Heaney Questions are being asked in Vale of Leven about a new power

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PEERS COST US £2 million

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

£2m cost of Scotland’s peers sparks call for reforms of House of Lords The Duke of Montrose and his coat of arms; Lord Alcluith in

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MEMORY LANE

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

Co-operative Choir Catherine McMenamin Walters owns this photograph of the Dumbarton Cooperative Choir- “We travelled to Paisley every year and we won this shield probably

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TV LICENCE FEES

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

BBC & S4C The BBC agreed to fund the licence fees for the over-75s during its last charter funding process. This will cost more than

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WEATHER FORECAST

January 20, 2019 heaneymedia

Snow on Ben Lomond Weather women Lucy Versamy and Carol Kirkwood and Ben Lomond. By Lizzie Healey Cold weather ‘is here to stay for now’

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • RENTON: Body found in house fire as police probe ‘suspicious’ death
  • FLAMINGO LAND: INVESTIGATION BY NICK KEMPE OF PARKSWATCH SCOTLAND
  • LOCH LOMOND: Heather about to weather a storm of criticism about the National Park
  • 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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