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Day: March 6, 2021

SOCIAL CARE: Recognising unpaid carers with better support for respite. 

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  Social care – Crosslet Care Home in Dumbarton.  By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Liberal Democrat spring conference has today backed fresh proposals for the

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BRIDGE: £80 MILLION CONTRACT FOR NEW SWING BRIDGE AT OLD YOKER FERRY CROSSING

March 6, 2021 heaneymedia

The project includes a twin-leaf swing bridge for vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians. By Lucy Ashton A £79.5m contract has been awarded to a company to

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COVID: No further cases of new COVID-19 variant found in Scotland

March 6, 2021 heaneymedia

Passengers arriving at Edinburgh Airport. By Rory Murphy No further cases of a Coronavirus (COVID-19) Variant of Concern first identified in Manaus, Brazil, have been

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JONATHAN MCCOLL SECOND BOTTOM OF SNP LIST PANEL FOR HOLYROOD PARLIAMENT

March 6, 2021 heaneymedia

Jackie Baillie MSP, Cllr Lorna Douglas and Cllr Jonathan McColl. By Bill Heaney News is just breaking that Councillor Jonathan McColl, leader of the SNP

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POLITICS NOT PUGILISM: Ex-FM tells Sturgeon and Salmond to stop fighting

March 6, 2021 heaneymedia

Henry McLeish says there is ‘no serious path’ to the First Minister’s resignation Former First Minister Henry McLeish with STV political editor Colin MacKay and

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EDUCATION: New £15.1m Renton Campus is taking shape in the village

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The new Renton Primary school and early years education complex. By Democrat reporter Construction of the new £15.1m Renton Campus is progressing well, with contractors

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • HEALTH: More than 1,700 people stuck in hospital 
  • BAILLIE DEMANDS ACTION AS PANDEMIC CANCER “TIME BOMB” TAKES ITS TOLL
  • RELIGION: The Bible can sometimes put two completely opposing ideas together
  • TORY FAILURE HAS COST SCOTLAND £8.5 BILLION
  • PLANNING: Costa lobbyists tried to write rules on building of drive-throughs
  • ROYAL NAVY: BASE CAPTAIN GIBBON SAYS FAREWELL TO FASLANE

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HEALTH: More than 1,700 people stuck in hospital 

HEALTH: More than 1,700 people stuck in hospital 

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called on the Health Secretary to finally take action on

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BAILLIE DEMANDS ACTION AS PANDEMIC CANCER “TIME BOMB” TAKES ITS TOLL

BAILLIE DEMANDS ACTION AS PANDEMIC CANCER “TIME BOMB” TAKES ITS TOLL

Alarming that women from more deprived areas, such as West Dunbartonshire, are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie

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RELIGION: The Bible can sometimes put two completely opposing ideas together

RELIGION:  The Bible can sometimes put two completely opposing ideas together

CANON GERRY CONROY The Bible has a tendency when talking about God to place side by side two statements that are almost contradictory but that

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TORY FAILURE HAS COST SCOTLAND £8.5 BILLION

TORY FAILURE HAS COST SCOTLAND £8.5 BILLION

By Lucy Ashton New research from Labour has revealed the Tory government’s economic mismanagement has left Scots £1,633 a year worse off. That’s about £30

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PLANNING: Costa lobbyists tried to write rules on building of drive-throughs

PLANNING: Costa lobbyists tried to write rules on building of drive-throughs

Investigation by Paul Dobson in The Ferret Coffee giant Costa – they have a branch at the old Claude Alexander’s tailor shop in Dumbarton High

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ROYAL NAVY: BASE CAPTAIN GIBBON SAYS FAREWELL TO FASLANE

ROYAL NAVY: BASE CAPTAIN GIBBON SAYS FAREWELL TO FASLANE

HM NAVAL BASE CLYDE By Kim Hardie PERSONNEL at HM Naval Base Clyde bid a fond farewell to Captain Gibbons on Thursday, June 1, as

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Tottenham reach agreement with Celtic’s Postecoglou to become their new manager

Tottenham reach agreement with Celtic’s Postecoglou to become their new manager

Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic beat Inverness Caley in the Scottish Cup final Celtic boss Ange Postecoglou has agreed to become Tottenham Hotspur’s ‘s new manager on

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£470 million solution unveiled for landslip-plagued Rest and Be Thankful 

£470 million solution unveiled for landslip-plagued Rest and Be Thankful 

A debris flow shelter estimated to cost up to half a billion pounds is being planned for Rest route By Christina O’Neill on STV News A long-term

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