January 31, 2019 – THE DEMOCRAT

SCOTTISH BUDGET

January 31, 2019 heaneymedia

Patrick Harvie’s budget deal with SNP leads to more cash for council services Greens’ Patrick Harvie; SNP’s Derek Mackay; Holyrood parliament building; Burgh Hall in

COLLEGES

January 31, 2019 heaneymedia

Colleges should target skill shortages West College in Clydebank from the Titan Crane. Picture by Bill Heaney By Lizzie Healey Dumbarton and Lomond MSP Jackie Baillie

TV and BOOKS

January 31, 2019 heaneymedia

STV Productions secures rights to two critically-acclaimed books Fishnet – written by award-winning journalist, Kirstin Innes STV Productions drama team has secured the television rights

INFECTION CONCERNS

January 31, 2019 heaneymedia

Parents’ anger at decision NOT to vaccinate nursery children at St Mary’s St Mary’s PS in Bank Street, Alexandria, where nursery children will not be

COUNCIL CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

January 31, 2019 heaneymedia

It’s time to bring this serious matter out into the open, say Bollan and Black Clockwise: George Black, Cllr Jim Bollan, trade union official Margaret

GLOVES ARE OFF AS LIBRARY PROTESTERS CONSULT LAWYERS OVER CLOSURE

Balloch library campaigners threaten to take Council to court By Bill Heaney Women, children and elderly residents of Balloch have written to politicians and taken

CHIVAS WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE OVER FESTIVE SEASON

Trade unions warned the action could hit festive supplies of premier brands By Bill Heaney Hundreds of Dumbarton-based Scotch whisky production workers will take strike

Donna threatened to batter her, witness tell Caroline Glachan trial

By Democrat reporter Donna Marie Brand threatened to “batter” Caroline Glachan for going out with Robert O’Brien whom she was herself seeing at the same

POLITICS: Majority of Scots think Matheson should resign over £11,000 iPad data bill

By Bill Heaney I may have been wrong when I wrote in my Notebook column that I believed Michael Matheson, pictured right, should refuse to

BAILLIE: HEARTBREAKING DEATH TOLL REVEALS LOCAL HOUSING EMERGENCY

By Bill Heaney Homelessness is not new in West Dunbartonshire. People of a certain age will remember the Model lodging house in the old Artizan

Parents will feel blamed, sidelined and abandoned by new schools behaviour report

Published 28 November 2023 Good behaviour – the majority of pupils are behaving well in Scotland. By Bill Heaney Thousands of head teachers, teachers and

CAROLINE: It was likely that she sustained a minimum of ten blows to the head

Caroline was unconscious but alive when she entered water, murder trial told The body of 14-year-old Caroline Glachan was discovered in the river Leven on

CARERS DAY IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

Carers of West Dunbartonshire Wow, what a great day we’ve had! A HUGE thank you to all the amazing organisations who joined us for today’s

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