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Day: June 23, 2019

DUMBUCK HOTEL SUPPORTS THE SONS

June 23, 2019 heaneymedia
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DIAMOND NIGHT AT DUMBUCK HOTEL

June 23, 2019 heaneymedia
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CELEBRITY WEDDING IN BONNIE BANKS SUNSHINE

June 23, 2019 heaneymedia

Luss village went en fete on Saturday when lovely Sarah Finlay married Rich Matthews in the parish church. Crowds gathered on the pier and along

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HAPPY TIMES IN HELENSBURGH

June 23, 2019 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Picture by Hector Cameron Down Memory Lane gives so much pleasure to people that we tend to forget sometimes that journalists are

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SOCCER STAR SHAUN WEDS STEPHANIE IN HELENSBURGH

June 23, 2019 heaneymedia

Former Celtic and Scotland soccer star Shaun Maloney wed Stephanie White in St Joseph’s Church, Helensburgh, on Saturday. Dumbarton parish priest, the Rev John McGinley,

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SAVE LOCH LOMOND MEETING ON MONDAY AT 7PM

June 23, 2019 heaneymedia

Time for a new ERA in planning: give communities the same appeal rights as developers   Save Loch Lomond’s big meeting takes place in the

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  • NHS STAFF’s MISERABLE PAY INCREASE for 154,000 Agenda for Change health workers.
  • JOURNALISM: MARTIN DRAFTS NEW COLUMNISTS INTO THE HERALD
  • SHIPBUILDING: BAE Systems hails shipyards as sales rise

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DEMOCRACY AND OPEN GOVERNMENT ARE ANATHEMA TO SNP IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

DEMOCRACY AND OPEN GOVERNMENT ARE ANATHEMA TO SNP IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

The Sheep Hill quarry which is at the centre of the planning dispute in Milton and Bowling. NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY I have said in

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VETERANS: Erskine launches Spring appeal to fund new minibus for Veterans

VETERANS: Erskine launches Spring appeal to fund new minibus for Veterans

Erskine Veteran Steve Wylie finds it difficult to use public transport. Now, Erskine hopes to hit the road after launching a fundraising drive for a

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LAW AND ORDER: 8% of adults were victims of a property crime, and 2% experienced a violent crime

LAW AND ORDER: 8% of adults were victims of a property crime, and 2% experienced a violent crime

Police on patrol in Dumbarton (top picture by Sean Davenport) and Vale of Leven (bottom picture by Craig Jump of Turkey Red Media). By Democrat

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NHS STAFF’s MISERABLE PAY INCREASE for 154,000 Agenda for Change health workers.

NHS STAFF’s MISERABLE PAY INCREASE for 154,000 Agenda for Change health workers.

SUPER HEROES: Scottish NHS staff’s parsimonious  interim pay rise of just one per cent Frontline NHS staff are to receive a miserable interim pay increase

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JOURNALISM: MARTIN DRAFTS NEW COLUMNISTS INTO THE HERALD

JOURNALISM: MARTIN DRAFTS NEW COLUMNISTS INTO THE HERALD

Former BBC Scotland political editor, Brian Taylor, joins new line-up of top writers By Lucy Ashton THE BBC’s former Scottish political editor, Brian Taylor, has

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SHIPBUILDING: BAE Systems hails shipyards as sales rise

SHIPBUILDING: BAE Systems hails shipyards as sales rise

HMS Spey sets sail past Dumbarton Rock and away from the Clyde as BAE Systems  delivers £635m contract despite coronavirus. By Democrat reporter BAE Systems

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EDUCATION: STEM Bursaries supporting career changers to retrain as teachers

EDUCATION: STEM Bursaries supporting career changers to retrain as teachers

Senior classes need more teachers and bursary scheme is designed to attract them. By Democrat reporter The STEM bursary scheme to encourage more people to

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PAY RISE FOR SOCIAL CARE WORKERS IS ‘FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT DECENCY’ – BAILLIE

PAY RISE FOR SOCIAL CARE WORKERS IS ‘FUNDAMENTALLY ABOUT DECENCY’ – BAILLIE

By Democrat reporter Yesterday in the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Labour tabled an amendment to raise the pay of all social care workers to £15 an

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