December 23, 2020 – THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

MEA CULPA: STURGEON CONFESSES TO BREAKING FACE MASK RULES

December 23, 2020 heaneymedia

By Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister I take this opportunity to say how sorry I am for my breach of the rules that I ask us

TAXI FOR STURGEON: SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT IS LEAVING DRIVERS IN THE DARK

December 23, 2020 heaneymedia

Nicola Sturgeon, Jackie Baillie MSP and Wright Taxis, fast friendly and reliable – but no support from Government in the offing. By Bill Heaney Jackie

BAILLIE URGES NICOLA STURGEON TO INCREASE EMERGENCY FUNDING FOR STRUGGLING BUSINESSES

December 23, 2020 heaneymedia

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie. By Lucy Ashton It’s one, long, sorry tale after the other on the radio this morning

JOURNALISM: Calling all aspiring writers to enter this year’s Ian Bell Award

December 23, 2020 heaneymedia

The Ian Bell Award THE National Union of Journalists invites entries by young writers for an award to commemorate Ian Bell, pictured right, the radical

CARE HOMES: Sturgeon earns stats agency rebuke over care home figures

December 23, 2020 heaneymedia

Stinging rebuke for Naughty Nicola for pauchling care home visitor figures First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and LibDem leader Willie Rennie. By Democrat reporter The Office

Seventh drowning victim as man dies in hospital

STV News is reporting that a man has died in hospital bringing the total of deaths from a weekend of drowning tragedies in Scotland to

New Hospital visiting arrangements for Vale of Leven and Dumbarton Joint

COMMUNITY FREE ADVERTISEMENT: From Monday 2 August hospital visiting arrangements will change in the following hospitals – Inverclyde Royal Hospital (including Larkfield unit), Vale of

NOTEBOOK: How basket case Council have allowed the Vale to become a ghetto

Beautiful Vale is no more around The Fountain at Main Street and Bank Street, Alexandria. BEAUTIFUL VALE OF THE LEVEN 1. Oh where is the

Drug-related death statistics for 2020 are heartbreaking, says Minister

30 Jul 2021 Minister says figures are “heart-breaking” Drink and drugs are the scourge of Scotland. Picture by Bill Heaney By Lucy Ashton Drugs Policy

ENVIRONMENT: THE SCATOLOGICAL SCANDAL OF SCOTLAND’S FILTHY BEACHES

Pictured above: The public toilets at Havoc Shore in Dumbarton were vandalised before being demolished by the Council. By Rob Edwards in The Ferret July

PROSTITUTION: Don’t Legalize Prostitution. It would make a grave problem worse

By MADELEINE KEARNS in Los Angeles It’s dark outside and difficult to see through the tinted windows. At the wheel is Sergeant Yolanda Valento of

ROYAL YACHT PROJECT: Price tag for new flagship yacht could hit £250m

The government has already released an artists’s impression of the new vessel. By Bill Heaney A new national flagship yacht, designed to promote the UK

DEFENCE: NEW COMMANDING OFFICER FOR FIRST MINE COUNTER MEASURES SQUADRON

First Mine Counter Measures Squadron (MCM1) Incoming Commanding Officer Commander Jim Lovell. By Gavin Carr THE ROYAL Navy’s First Mine Counter Measures Squadron (MCM1) has

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