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Day: January 28, 2020

TAX MONEY GOES INTO POCKETS OF PRIVATE LENDERS

January 28, 2020 heaneymedia

This audit should be the nail in the coffin for NDP/MIM and all variants of privately financed public infrastructure projects. The Scottish Parliament should immediately ban any further contracts. DEXTER WHITFIELD, EUROPEAN SERVICES STRATEGY UNIT

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SNOW ARRIVES IN DUMBARTON THIS MORNING

January 28, 2020 heaneymedia

There is snow right up the West Coast this morning. This photograph by Tom Gardiner illustrates the vagaries of our late January weather.

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • ELECTION REMINDER
  • Council salaries: New report shows bumper pay packets for the bosses
  • HEALTH MATTERS: Instead of admitting mistakes now Sturgeon should have heeded the warnings last year
  • POLICE: Appeal after man suffers serious injuries in Dumbarton incident
  • ENVIRONMENT: Farmers and landowners raising funds to back beaver killing
  • COLGRAIN PUB PLAN: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has lodged a formal objection

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ELECTION REMINDER

ELECTION REMINDER

SEVEN candidates will take part in the election for the Dumbarton constituency seat in the Scottish Parliament election on May 6. They are: Jackie Baillie

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Council salaries: New report shows bumper pay packets for the bosses

Council salaries: New report shows bumper pay packets for the bosses

Council gravy train has chugged  into Renfrewshire where Sandra Black and Steven Quinn are highest earners. West Dunbartonshire Council’s chief officers must now be looking

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HEALTH MATTERS: Instead of admitting mistakes now Sturgeon should have heeded the warnings last year

HEALTH MATTERS: Instead of admitting mistakes now Sturgeon should have heeded the warnings last year

Deaths increased exponentially after Covid patients were moved to care homes. By Lucy Ashton Health matters were high on the Scottish Parliament election agenda this

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POLICE: Appeal after man suffers serious injuries in Dumbarton incident

POLICE: Appeal after man suffers serious injuries in Dumbarton incident

Dumbarton from the air. Castlegreen Street area is to the left in this photograph – Picture by Sean Davenport of Myre Media. By Democrat reporter

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ENVIRONMENT: Farmers and landowners raising funds to back beaver killing

ENVIRONMENT: Farmers and landowners raising funds to back beaver killing

The River Fruin which flows through extensive farmlands in Glen Fruin high above Helensburgh. By Democrat reporter Farmers and landowners have joined forces to help

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COLGRAIN PUB PLAN: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has lodged a formal objection

COLGRAIN PUB PLAN: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has lodged a formal objection

By Lucy Ashton PLANS for an office and pub development at Colgrain in Helensburgh should be approved in principle, council planners say – in spite

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DOG ALERT: Puppy reunited with owners after armed raid

DOG ALERT: Puppy reunited with owners after armed raid

Cairo, an American Bulldog, was missing for two days. Picture by David Waters By Rory Murphy A nine-week-old puppy stolen from a house in Glasgow

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EDUCATION: Lomond given green light to deliver International Baccalaureate programmes

EDUCATION: Lomond given green light to deliver International Baccalaureate programmes

Lomond School S4 pupils launch the new International Baccalaureate By Lucy Ashton Lomond School in Helensburgh has been given authorisation to offer a unique curriculum

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