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Day: April 24, 2019

FOR GOD’S SAKE WHY DID LYRA HAVE TO DIE?

April 24, 2019 heaneymedia

Notebook on the shooting dead of a journalist who was just doing her job By Bill Heaney Today I was proud to be a journalist,

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BALLOCH COULD NEVER COPE WITH FLAMINGO LAND

April 24, 2019 heaneymedia

A leisure park by any other name is not wanted in traffic choked Balloch By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire Council is taking it in the

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Ex-MP STOLE MONEY INTENDED FOR A FOOD BANK

April 24, 2019 heaneymedia

By Democrat reporter BBC Scotland is reporting tonight that a former SNP MP has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £25,600 from pro-independence organisations –

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OUR POLICE SERVICE IS BEING ROBBED OF SNP CASH

April 24, 2019 heaneymedia

Police Scotland is amongst the worst funded in the UK, claims MSP Scotland’s hard-pressed police service in action here  is being under-funded by the SNP

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

April 24, 2019 heaneymedia

Dear Editor, I am now receiving daily complaints from worried vulnerable senior citizens some with dementia others who are housebound regarding the 100% weekly increase

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BALTIC SUMMER FOR FASLANE MINE HUNTER

April 24, 2019 heaneymedia

Faslane-based mine hunter sails to Baltic for NATO deployment Royal Navy mine hunter HMS Ramsey; HMS Ramsey conducting exploratory mine hunting diving drills during training and

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Recent Posts

  • GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME
  • Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes
  • West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event
  • POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP
  • NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH
  • HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

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GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

By Lucy Ashton Renewed calls have been made for compensation to be paid to firms hit by the SNP-Greens’ botched Deposit Return Scheme after it

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Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

The Rt Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Pinar Aksu, Human Rights and Advocacy Coordinator at MIN.

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West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

By Lucy Ashton Residents are being encouraged to get on their bikes for a fun-filled weekend of cycling activities in West Dunbartonshire. The Community Cycling

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POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

By Kate Devlin Boris Johnson has sensationally announced he is quitting as an MP claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.

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NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY So, West Dunbartonshire Council’s Labour Group and the SNP are at one, joined at the hip as they say. Labour supporters

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HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has urged thousands of people in Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, Balloch, Helensburgh and Lomond on prepayment meters to claim

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BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

REPUBLICANISM Hold Your Hour Maurice Earls June 2023 Donate How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it. Brendan Behan A personal

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BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

Dublin Review of Books, Issue 152, Newsletter 1 The Dublin Review of Books, including its extensive archive, is free to all. We rely exclusively on readers’

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