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Day: November 8, 2020

FOR FOXTROT: RENTON SOLDIER LADDIE IS THROUGH TO NEXT ROUND OF STRICTLY

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JJ Chalmers opens up on wife convincing him to compete on Strictly 2020: ‘She dragged me into it’ TENSE MOMENT: JJ Chalmers and Amy Dowden

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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY: ROYAL NAVY REMEMBER THE FALLEN

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Commodore Donald Doull, who was accompanied by his wife Olivia, laid a wreath on behalf of the Royal Navy.  Pictures by the Royal Navy, Faslane

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REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY: LEST WE FORGET

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In memory of my father, Douglas Hay, of West Bridgend, Dumbarton, who was a chief engineer in the Merchant Navy during World War II. Three

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BOOK WEEK SCOTLAND: Monday 16 November to Saturday 21 November ( 19:00 – 20:00 )

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West Dunbartonshire Libraries Book Week Scotland 2020 Monday 16 November to Saturday 21 November ( 19:00 – 20:00 ) Women enjoying a flick through the

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INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM COULD BE 40 YEARS AWAY OR MORE, SAYS JACK

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Scottish Secretary rejects new independence referendum vote ‘for a generation’ By Glenn Campbell Chief political correspondent, BBC Scotland Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has said the

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BOOKS: Scots are ready to break away from the UK.

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Scotland will become independent but Nicola Sturgeon won’t last long enough to see it,  claims ex-Tory Sir Jeffrey Archer By John Dingwall of the Daily

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18
  • ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP
  • Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond
  • BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal
  • LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

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ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN

ELECTION: MESSAGE FROM SOCIALIST CANDIDATE LYNDA MCEWAN
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Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc on Saturday April 18

Friends of Dumbarton Foreshore is at Havoc Dumbarton. One week to go until our big closing #litterpick of this year’s #BigClydeCleanUp at Havoc. Don’t be shy, come

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ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

ELECTION: Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton is with Brendan O’Hara MP Great to have the support of Brendan O’Hara MP. Together, we’re standing up for our communities, protecting

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Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Helicopter rescues three trapped on sinking boat in Loch Lomond

Boat began to sink between Inchmurrin Island and the Boturrich shoreline on Sunday A helicopter helped rescue three people who were trapped on a boat

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BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

BOOKS: The astonishingly varied and accomplished life of a long-forgotten Liberal

Biography Having a Reputation A new biography of James Bryce, one-time Chief Secretary of Ireland and supporter of Irish Home Rule, reveals the astonishingly varied

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LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

LIBDEMS WILL MAKE SCHOOLS SMARTPHONE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS

by Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today set out how his party will legislate to make schools smartphone-free environments, as part

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Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

Scottish Conservatives’ National Pothole Action Fund would end two decades of SNP neglect

by Bill Heaney Russell Findlay has today outlined his party’s plans to tackle Scotland’s pothole epidemic, which he says is “a monument to two decades

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Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

Southport catastrophe which claimed the lives of three children and left 10 more injured, could have been – and should have been – prevented

  Southport killer’s parents ‘bear considerable blame’ for ‘preventable’ attack, damning report finds Report by Amy-Clare Martin, Crime correspondent, and Tara Cobham in The Independent Monday

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