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Day: September 28, 2020

PUBLIC MUST BE CONSULTED ON PLANNING ISSUES

September 28, 2020 heaneymedia

The now demolished high flats in Bellsmyre, Dumbarton – a gigantic error by the council planners. By Bill Heaney Planners. Don’t you just hate planners?

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EDITORS join 120 newsrooms across the world to celebrate #WorldNewsDay

September 28, 2020 heaneymedia

BY CLAIRE MEADOWS The Society of Editors has today joined more than 120 newsrooms across the world to support World News Day 2020. Spearheaded by the Canadian

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SNP BLUNDER: Major contracts awarded for delayed CalMac ferries

September 28, 2020 heaneymedia

Caledonian MacBrayne whose order for two ferries is sinking to the tune of £200 million. By Democrat reporter Contracts worth more than £15m have been

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NOTEBOOK: BELGIAN BUNS, A ROLL ON SQUARE SLICED, BILLY CONNOLLY AND BREXIT

September 28, 2020 heaneymedia

We all have our favourite roll fillings and it would seem Sir Billy Connolly is no different, according to Deborah Anderson in the recently renamed

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POEM AND PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN LEVENGROVE IN THE AUTUMN

September 28, 2020 heaneymedia

Autumn Fires Robert Louis Stevenson In the other gardens      And all up the vale, From the autumn bonfires      See the smoke trail!  

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NOTEBOOK: THE TORY TRIO WHO SUPPORT BORIS JOHNSTON

September 28, 2020 heaneymedia

Conservative and Unionist Cllr Brian Walker, who represents Dumbarton on West Dunbartonshire Council, with former Rangers star striker Ally McCoist. I never thought I would

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON
  • ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party
  • Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E
  • Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk
  • Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership
  • Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

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BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON

BRING YOUR PURSE — DAME JACKIE BAILLIE INVITES SNP STAR GOODLAD TO DUMBARTON

Dame Jackie Baillie, Hannah Mary Goodlad and Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth whom she invited to invest in Dumbarton. by BILL HEANEY The SNP’s rising

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ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party

ENTERTAINMENT: Plans for Hoolie in the Hydro hot up as Phil and Aly join the party

by Lucy Ashton Plans are hotting up for Scotland’s single biggest night of traditional music, Hoolie in the Hydro, as organisers reveal legendary Scottish folk duo Phil

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Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E

Accident and Emergency Waiting Times: this year, there have been 600 avaoidable deaths associated with long waits in A and E

Will the First Minister accept that people are now paying for those waits with their lives? Hospitals which serve West Dunbartonshire and Argyll – Queen

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Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk

Health Board failed to investigate properly why a patient died on the operating table and children put at risk

by BILL HEANEY Parents of sick children throughout Scotland will be horrified by the appalling inspection report on NHS Grampian that was published yesterday, according

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Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership

Christie Park Primary and ELCC praised for nurturing environment and strong leadership

Picture caption to come from West Dunbartonshire Council. Published 12 November 2026 by LUCY ASHTON Christie Park Primary School and Early Learning and Childcare Centre

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Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

Tenants settle into new homes as part of Council’s house building programme

Harry Weatherall and his wife Isa at heir new home with Gurdeet Singh and council officers. Above, the high flats at West Bridgend where the

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AN EVENING WITH CELTIC LEGEND PAUL MCSTAY AT THE HARP CLUB IN HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

AN EVENING WITH CELTIC LEGEND PAUL MCSTAY AT THE HARP CLUB IN HIGH STREET, DUMBARTON

Dumbarton Harp Social Club We are into extra time. But as everyone knows, that can work out well for Hoops followers.  The legendary Paul McStay

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Scandal-hit Historic Environment Scotland labelled yet another basket case

Scandal-hit Historic Environment Scotland labelled yet another basket case

CASTLES UP IN THE AIR Historic Environment Scotland has been rocked by a series of controversies in recent years Dumbarton Castle, top, behind a strategically

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