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Day: March 26, 2019

HIDDEN TREASURE ON THE RAILWAY

March 26, 2019 heaneymedia

PICTURE SPECIAL by JIM CROSTHWAITE By Bill Heaney It’s a treasure not many people living locally have heard much about and have seen even less.

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MARIE CURIE NURSES

March 26, 2019 heaneymedia

All adverts for good causes, community events and meetings go FREE in The Democrat. Send yours now to heaneymedia@btinternet.com

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BIG BREKKIE DEFINITELY NOT BREXIT

March 26, 2019 heaneymedia

All adverts for community related events and meetings and good causes go FREE in The Democrat. If you want to publicise yours then send it

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TOP AWARD FOR NICK SCULLION’S TEAM

March 26, 2019 heaneymedia

The Scullion Law team celebrate their success in the Scottish Legal Awards with BBC Scotland newsreader Catriona Shearer,  right. By Bill Heaney The best businesses,

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SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN

March 26, 2019 heaneymedia

Council and HSCP back campaign against child sexual abuse Stop it Now principals – Hendren, Mason and Hinds. By Moira Rodger West Dunbartonshire Council and

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CHILD POVERTY

March 26, 2019 heaneymedia

Stark warning on child poverty By Lizzie Healey Dumbarton and Lomond constituency MSP, Jackie Baillie, has called on the UK and Scottish Governments to combat

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FLAMINGOLAND: Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

FLAMINGOLAND:  Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

By Lucy Ashton A Green campaign which saw a record 60,000 objections lodged against a Flamingoland development at Loch Lomond has been rebooted after the

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POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

Police Scotland is appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Dumbarton. Around 11.25pm on Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, police received a report of a

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CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

By Bill Heaney Pedophile Norman Duncan died suddenly at his home in Vale of Leven last week leading to unconfirmed speculation that he murdered and

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TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

Obituary FRANCIS J MEEHAN, US AMBASSADOR Born: February 14, 1924, East Orange, New Jersey, USA of Scottish parents from Clydebank Died: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute,

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ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

By Bill Heaney Going to the big match at Hampden on Wednesday night? You might just be able to get there by rail but, so

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ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

By Bill Heaney Updated May 31, 2022 “It’s just a domestic,” I would hear them say when I listened into the police radio of an

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COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

Unions have said that unless negotiations reopen with a ‘vastly improved offer’ then industrial action looks ‘inevitable’   The unions in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll

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