“Children and young people in West Dunbartonshire and Helensburgh are being neglected and their health is in decline due to the SNP’s mismanagement of our NHS with waiting times getting longer and delayed discharge rates rising.
Month: March 2020
ANOTHER DUMMY IN No 10, REPORTS NEW MAIL EDITOR
She marked her new role this week with a front-page splash on the news that Boris Johnson and his partner, Carrie Symonds, are to marry, with her expecting a baby, and a controversial massive heading: ‘ANOTHER DUMMY IN NO. 10’.
ROAD MAINTENANCE PROGRAMME FOR HELENSBURGH
Rosneath Peninsula from Helensburgh. Picture by Bill Heaney By Democrat reporter The planned capital roads programme for 2020/21 includes an allocation of £784,000 for Helensburgh
READ IT AGAIN HAMISH MOVE WINS MORE READERS
The National sold 21, 915 copies on February 27 – which will now always be known as ‘McCrone Day’. This is significantly higher than at any point over the past five years and more than double their average daily sale.
CLOSING OUT OF HOURS AND FIVE PER HIKE ON COUNCIL TAX
Agreement that the Out of Hours Service at the Vale of Leven Hospital should remain closed and the Council Tax in impoverished West Dunbartonshire increased by almost five per cent has unleashed a furious reaction from the local public.
DOWN MEMORY LANE …
Some team – St Patrick’s High School in Dumbarton in the 1950s. Left to right, back row, Jack Gilroy |(coach), Gerry Brennan, Davie Rainey, John Dolan, Neil McCallion, John McCusker, Owen Gallagher, Dan Burns (teacher), Danny Todd, Tom McMullen, Griffiths, Brian Divers and WB Monaghan, head teacher. Front row – Jackie Sweeney, Donnie Wilson, Tony Dillon, Tubbs Gilfeather and Brian Gallagher. Picture credit Tom Gardiner