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Day: August 17, 2019

EMERGENCY FOOD AID

August 17, 2019 heaneymedia

EMERGENCY FOOD AID (Foodbank)  Can you help? Our Emergency Food Aid project requires donations as a result of extremely high demand. The summer has seen

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WHEN ONION JOHNNIES CAME ROUND THE DOORS

August 17, 2019 heaneymedia

An ‘Onion Johnny’ wheeling his bicycle  through crowded city streets. By Lost Glasgow Prompted by a question in the Lost Glasgow Group, I went off

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Works to begin on Tarbet and Arrochar playparks
  • MSP Dunlop shares stories of care-experienced people who have lost lives as commemorative website launched 
  • Fresher’s Flu: why so many get it, but don’t know how to treat it
  • Women’s Aid criticises controversial Sydney Sweeney sports advert 
  • DOMESTIC ABUSE IS THE SCOURGE OF 21ST CENTURY SCOTLAND, DUMBARTON MSP TELLS PARLIAMENT
  • Celtic and Scotland legend Danny McGrain diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

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Works to begin on Tarbet and Arrochar playparks

Works to begin on Tarbet and Arrochar playparks

by LUCY ASHTON Refurbishment work is about to start on play parks in Tarbet and Arrochar, thanks to a £60,000 share of funding allocated to

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MSP Dunlop shares stories of care-experienced people who have lost lives as commemorative website launched 

MSP Dunlop shares stories of care-experienced people who have lost lives as commemorative website launched 

by BILL HEANEY Scottish Liberal Democrat Duncan Dunlop MSP, pictured right,  has said he is determined to bring about systematic change in the care system,

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Fresher’s Flu: why so many get it, but don’t know how to treat it

Fresher’s Flu: why so many get it, but don’t know how to treat it

Three in four young adults wouldn’t try to treat a minor illness themselves  by BILL HEANEY The new academic year is about to start across

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Women’s Aid criticises controversial Sydney Sweeney sports advert 

Women’s Aid criticises controversial Sydney Sweeney sports advert 

Women should be known for their talent rather than their bodies to generate clicks … Sydney Sweeney stars in a new advert for Novig sports

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DOMESTIC ABUSE IS THE SCOURGE OF 21ST CENTURY SCOTLAND, DUMBARTON MSP TELLS PARLIAMENT

DOMESTIC ABUSE IS THE SCOURGE OF 21ST CENTURY SCOTLAND, DUMBARTON MSP TELLS PARLIAMENT

First Minister John Swinney, Tory leader Russell Findlay and Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie. by BILL HEANEY Scots must change and challenge the attitudes and behaviours

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Celtic and Scotland legend Danny McGrain diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

Celtic and Scotland legend Danny McGrain diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

BBC Sport Scotland Published 2 hours ago Danny McGrain, described by Celtic as “Scotland’s greatest-ever full-back”, has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, his family has

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Trial date set for pair accused of murdering and dismembering man at Loch Lomond

Trial date set for pair accused of murdering and dismembering man at Loch Lomond

Image source, Police ScotlandImage caption, Graham Wright vanished in August last year Published 15 minutes ago Two suspects are to stand trial in 2028 charged

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Controversial £16 million revamp of Burns Statue Square in Ayr approved

Controversial £16 million revamp of Burns Statue Square in Ayr approved

The square will become a ‘gateway’ to the town centre under the plans Published 14 September 2026 A multi-million pound transformation of an Ayrshire landmark

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