December 5, 2020 – THE DEMOCRAT

STRICTLY COME DANCING: JJ AND AMY NEED YOUR VOTES

December 5, 2020 heaneymedia

JJ Chalmers and his dance partner Amy Dowden – the people of West Dunbartonshire have been flooding the telephone lines to support them in Strictly

COUNCIL BOSSES’ £6000 SALARY INCREASE ‘WHOLLY INAPPROPRIATE’

December 5, 2020 heaneymedia

Political leadership absent as Council managers trouser a £6,000 Christmas pay rise By Bill Heaney The astonishingly insensitive decision of West Dunbartonshire Council Chief Executive

Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

by BILL HEANEY Dumbarton’s Reform Party MSP David Smith has asked the Scottish Government, “in light of its commitment to a 16 per cent increase

Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church

by BILL HEANEY The dramatic scale of the vocations crisis which faces the Catholic Church in the coming years has been revealed in a new

Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

Health and social care chiefs in Glasgow are aiming to save £20m by April 2027 due to ‘increasingly challenging’ funding pressures. Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy

Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Scotland Business Edinburgh, Fife & East Glasgow & West Highlands & Islands NE, Orkney & Shetland South Tayside & Central Alba Glasgow City Council

ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We were honoured to attend a special Civic Reception hosted by the Right Hon. Lord Provost of Glasgow, alongside renowned

The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

The Wee Coaching Company OK, the tea is most definitely spilling now… Over the last week, we have been able to share quite a few

CHILDREN ARE BEING LET DOWN BY AGENCIES SET UP TO ASSIST THEM

by BILL HEANEY Parents whose children don’t live with them have a moral responsibility to contribute fairly to the financial costs of raising them, an

AUTUMN GOLD: ENJOY A DAY OUT AT LOCH KATRINE

Loch Katrine Discover Autumn Gold offers at Loch Katrine, home of Steamship Sir Walter Scott. Cruise through the spectacular autumn colours of the Trossachs, explore

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