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Day: December 26, 2020

INVESTIGATION: CLAIMS THAT CHRISTMAS TREES AND WRAPPING ARE TOXIC ARE FALSE

December 26, 2020 heaneymedia

Claim Christmas trees are toxic to children and pets is Mostly False Helen and Bryan and Jane Heaney with their pets – Sky, Ted and

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JOURNALISM: Women in Journalism Scotland – 2020 survey

December 26, 2020 heaneymedia

Women in Journalism Scotland – 2020 survey results Investigative reporters Marion Scott, Sunday Post; Lisa Summers and Samantha Poling, of BBC Scotland. By Lucy Ashton

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EMPLOYMENT: GOVERNMENT FAILURE TO DELIVER APPRENTICESHIPS ‘NOT ACCEPTABLE’ 

December 26, 2020 heaneymedia

Young volunteers who aspire to apprenticeships at Loch Lomond National Park. Top picture: a Group of West Dunbartonshire Council apprentices. By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie,

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MILLIONAIRE EASDALE BROTHERS BUY CLERKHILL CONVENT SITE FOR HOUSING

December 26, 2020 heaneymedia

The Easdale brothers – James and Sandy – who are planning to build houses on the old convent site at Clerkhill, overlooking the River Clyde.

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CARE HOMES: WHY IS GOVERNMENT DRAGGING ITS FEET ON PUBLIC INQUIRY?

December 26, 2020 heaneymedia

Richard Leonard, Nicola Sturgeon, Donald Macaskill and Jeane Freeman. By Bill Heaney Why have the human rights of many of Scotland’s elderly and vulnerable care

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THOUGHT FOR CHRISTMAS: THE WEAK WILL INHERIT THE EARTH

December 26, 2020 heaneymedia

Vale of Leven from the air with Bonhill Bridge crossing the River Leven and Dumbarton in the distance. Picture by Craig Jump of Turkey Red

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
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  • Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition
  • Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme
  • October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

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Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

By Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent. Reporting from Rome 17 October 2026, 13:37 BST Updated 1 hour ago Pope Leo XIV has been discharged

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Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

The light aircraft crashed a few miles north east of Drymen near Stirling by Claire Diamond BBC Scotland News 17 October 2026 A 16-year-old boy

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YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

Nice to see someone has kept their sense of humour in the trying circumstances in which the people at the end of the phone are

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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading indoors feel like an especially good idea, and – at the Book

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Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival by Liam O’Heanai A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art

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October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

Pix by Pedro

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HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

Locals said the new supermarket would affect the town’s character and was not needed 15 October 2026 by Bill Heaney A controversial plan to site

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INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

parkswatchscotland by Nick Kempe An application for planning permission to the Loch Lomond Park Authority for a new access track to Honeypot Farm and Honeywagon

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