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Day: March 11, 2019

REDACTED REPORT ALTERED

March 11, 2019 heaneymedia

Auditor’s report on Council graft and corruption allegations is still unreadable, claims Cllr Bollan Cllr Jim Bollan, the covered up Burgh Hall, the coat of

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POLICE MERGER PLANS

March 11, 2019 heaneymedia

Will transport police still be there to deal with rowdies who go off the rails? The First Minister told parliament she intends to keep passengers

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CLERICAL ABUSE CLAIMS

March 11, 2019 heaneymedia

More claims of abuse at St Aloysius By Democrat reporter Five more men have claimed they were abused by a priest at St Aloysius College,

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DIRTY HOSPITAL REPAIR COSTS

March 11, 2019 heaneymedia

£50 million repair bill for troubled Queen Elizabeth University hospital The showpiece hospital which takes patients from West Dunbartonshire and Argyll; John Brown Health Board

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NOTEBOOK

March 11, 2019 heaneymedia

Stuff the tea and biscuits and bring on the T-bones, Rioja and champagne The SNP members of West Dunbartonshire Council who give unquestioning support to

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PARENTS FURY OVER SCHOOL TRIP COST

March 11, 2019 heaneymedia

Poverty, deprivation, food banks, … and £1750 school trips … Our Lady and St Patrick’s High School in Bellsmyre where pupils are being offered a

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON
  • ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party
  • Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E
  • Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk
  • Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership
  • Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

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BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON

BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON

Dame Jackie Baillie, Hannah Mary Goodlad and Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth whom she invited to invest in Dumbarton. by BILL HEANEY The SNP’s rising

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ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party

ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party

by Lucy Ashton Plans are hotting up for Scotland’s single biggest night of traditional music, Hoolie in the Hydro, as organisers reveal legendary Scottish folk duo Phil

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Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E

Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E

Will the First Minister accept that people are now paying for those waits with their lives? Hospitals which serve West Dunbartonshire and Argyll – Queen

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Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk

Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk

by BILL HEANEY Parents of sick children throughout Scotland will be horrified by the appalling inspection report on NHS Grampian that was published yesterday, according

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Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership

Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership

Picture caption to come from West Dunbartonshire Council. Published 12 November 2026 by LUCY ASHTON Christie Park Primary School and Early Learning and Childcare Centre

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Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

Harry Weatherall and his wife Isa at heir new home with Gurdeet Singh and council officers. Above, the high flats at West Bridgend where the

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AN EVENING WITH CELTIC LEGEND PAUL MCSTAY AT THE HARP CLUB IN HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

AN EVENING WITH CELTIC LEGEND PAUL MCSTAY AT THE HARP CLUB IN HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

Dumbarton Harp Social Club We are into extra time. But as everyone knows, that can work out well for Hoops followers.  The legendary Paul McStay

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Scandal-hit Historic Environment Scotland labelled yet another basket case

Scandal-hit Historic Environment Scotland labelled yet another basket case

CASTLES UP IN THE AIR Historic Environment Scotland has been rocked by a series of controversies in recent years Dumbarton Castle, top, behind a strategically

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