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Day: August 25, 2020

A MESSAGE FROM THE WEST END OF DUMBARTON: WDC – IT MEANS ‘WE DON’T CARE’

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folk are worried sick and running about like blue arsed flies to all parts of the country trying to get their kids tested…. when they can maybe use the isolate option. West Dunbartonshire Council are deliberately withholding that information.”

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URGENT: PUBLIC MESSAGE ABOUT COVID

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“I also want to stress that while family members need to self-isolate if someone in their household develops symptoms, they do not need to be tested unless they themselves go on to develop symptoms.

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MASKS ARE A MUST IN SCHOOLS, COURTS AND JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. OBEY THE RULES OR WATCH DEADLY VIRUS SPREAD

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“Not touching the surface – taking it off around the ears. I would recommend young people might carry a little bag in their pocket, stick the face covering in there and when they’re taking it off and when they’re putting it back on, making sure they don’t touch the front of it,” she said.

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Public Service Broadcasters “vital” to democracy: Lord Hall’s final speech

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The forces of disinformation and social media tend to “feed on fracture and drive polarisation” and the BBC “can do more for the UK than ever before” to serve viewers following the pandemic.

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Scottish Sun launches a weekly children’s newspaper in bid to increase sales

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The first issue covers the latest news stories; what’s going on in gaming; an interview with a top WWE wrestler, toilet roll crafts and a feature on a school using bubbles to save the planet – “and that’s just the tip of the iceberg”.

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TWO RIVERS – THE LEVEN AND THE CLYDE – A POEM BY BILLY SCOBIE

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Balloch writer Billy Scobie has produced some remarkable books and poems which have a special resonance here in West Dunbartonshire.

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FLAMINGOLAND: Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

FLAMINGOLAND:  Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

By Lucy Ashton A Green campaign which saw a record 60,000 objections lodged against a Flamingoland development at Loch Lomond has been rebooted after the

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POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

Police Scotland is appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Dumbarton. Around 11.25pm on Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, police received a report of a

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CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

By Bill Heaney Pedophile Norman Duncan died suddenly at his home in Vale of Leven last week leading to unconfirmed speculation that he murdered and

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TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

Obituary FRANCIS J MEEHAN, US AMBASSADOR Born: February 14, 1924, East Orange, New Jersey, USA of Scottish parents from Clydebank Died: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute,

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ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

By Bill Heaney Going to the big match at Hampden on Wednesday night? You might just be able to get there by rail but, so

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ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

By Bill Heaney Updated May 31, 2022 “It’s just a domestic,” I would hear them say when I listened into the police radio of an

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COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

Unions have said that unless negotiations reopen with a ‘vastly improved offer’ then industrial action looks ‘inevitable’   The unions in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll

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