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Day: September 2, 2019

CHILD POVERTY AND HUNGER FIGURES SOAR HERE

September 2, 2019 heaneymedia

Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) has identified that 33% of local children and young people live in poverty with 27.4% of children in receipt of free school meals.

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BREAST CANCER RISK CAN LAST TEN YEARS AFTER THERAPY

September 2, 2019 heaneymedia

Breast cancer: Menopausal hormone therapy risks ‘bigger than thought’ Louise says she won’t stop taking HRT despite the risk of breast cancer. By James Gallagher, Health

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TELEVISION: PEAKY BLINDERS

September 2, 2019 heaneymedia

It switches dramatically to Glasgow’s East End, and the imagined rural borders of Tollcross plus the Brigton Billy Boys and their leader, Billy Fullarton, who now features large in some appalling events.

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Food Growing Strategy consultation now open

September 2, 2019 heaneymedia

By Stef Lach Argyll and Bute Council is seeking your views on a new strategy which aims to encourage and enable people who wish to

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BOOK REVIEW: TWO SOULS

September 2, 2019 heaneymedia

‘Go figure that Henry McDonald’s new book is the real thing. The real thing is what McDonald does. Vivid, authentic and scabrously funny. Good news for readers, bad news for other writers.’ – Robert McLiam Wilson

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HAT TRICK OF HIP SURGERY AWARDS FOR THE RAH

September 2, 2019 heaneymedia

 
This is now the third time the award has been presented to the RAH since it began in 2016 and the orthopaedic team are setting the bar high for other hospitals across the country.

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • FARMERS IN BATTLE TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM BLUETONGUE DISEASE
  • Legal fight over children’s hospital morphine error
  • Judge asks lawyers to agree evidence ahead of Hardeep Singh Kohli’s rape trial
  • TAM TOWIE DESERVES AN AWARD FOR KEEPING DUMBARTON FORESHORE CLEAN
  • KIRK MODERATOR MEETS THE FIRST MINISTER
  • Dumbarton Toddler Group

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FARMERS IN BATTLE TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM BLUETONGUE DISEASE

FARMERS IN BATTLE TO PROTECT ANIMALS FROM BLUETONGUE DISEASE

Agriculture Minister Jim Fairlie, Conservative Craig Hoy and Labour’s Donald Mackinnon locked horns over bluetongue disease in the Scottish Parliament. by BILL HEANEY Midges are

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Legal fight over children’s hospital morphine error

Legal fight over children’s hospital morphine error

Theo was one of seven children who were given ten times less morphine than needed during heart surgery at the Children’s Hospital by Vidushi Tiwari

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Judge asks lawyers to agree evidence ahead of Hardeep Singh Kohli’s rape trial

Judge asks lawyers to agree evidence ahead of Hardeep Singh Kohli’s rape trial

The comedian is set to go on trial on October 27, accused of 20 charges, including rape, sexual assault, and indecent communication by Democrat reporter

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TAM TOWIE DESERVES AN AWARD FOR KEEPING DUMBARTON FORESHORE CLEAN

TAM TOWIE DESERVES AN AWARD FOR KEEPING DUMBARTON FORESHORE CLEAN

Army veteran Tam Towie deserves to be honored at Holyrood Palace for the terrific work he has done keeping the Clyde foreshore at Havoc clean.

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KIRK MODERATOR MEETS THE FIRST MINISTER

KIRK MODERATOR MEETS THE FIRST MINISTER

Church of Scotland The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland met First Minister John Swinney to discuss some of the most

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Dumbarton Toddler Group

Dumbarton Toddler Group

For anyone interested in joining the Facebook group for the toddlers is called Dumbarton Toddler Group.

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LENNOX HERITAGE SOCIETY TALK ABOUT WITCHES TONIGHT

LENNOX HERITAGE SOCIETY TALK ABOUT WITCHES TONIGHT

Lennox Heritage Society The new season of the Lennox Heritage Society’s program of speakers kicks off with a look at witch trials in the West

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DUMBARTON PRIEST IS NEW CHAPLAIN AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY

DUMBARTON PRIEST IS NEW CHAPLAIN AT GLASGOW UNIVERSITY

Glasgow University Catholic Association Little Beginnings · James Quinn·  Meet our Chaplain, Canon Gerard Conroy!  Canon Conroy was formerly the parish priest of St Patrick’s and St

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