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Day: July 26, 2021

COVID: Moderate drinking is unlikely to impair your immune response … but heavy drinking might

July 26, 2021 heaneymedia

Due your Covid jab? Mind what you drink afterwards By Anahad O’Connor Covid shots: ‘If you are truly a moderate drinker, then there’s no risk

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DROWNINGS: Man pulled from loch after six die in weekend of water tragedy

July 26, 2021 heaneymedia

Picture above: Loch Lubnaig, near Loch Lomond, where a man was rescued from drowning. By Democrat reporter A man has been taken to hospital after

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Investigation launched into footage of lice infested salmon

July 26, 2021 heaneymedia

By Billy Briggs in The Ferret July 25, 2021 Police Scotland and the RSPCA are investigating after an animal welfare campaigner filmed lice infested salmon

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RELIGION: Five barley loaves and two fish wouldn’t feed a crowd of 5,000.

July 26, 2021 heaneymedia

By Canon Gerry Conroy Although it’s a generalization and not true of everybody, the vast majority of us seem to have a tendency to focus

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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: Keeping brothers and sisters together

July 26, 2021 heaneymedia

26 Jul 2021 By Bill Heaney Legislation comes into force today to help siblings in care stay together. Part 13 of the Children (Scotland) Act

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The Dumbarton Democrat is closing. Although successful in attracting many thousands of readers each week, this digital news platform can no longer sustain the level

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FLAMINGOLAND: Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

FLAMINGOLAND:  Save Loch Lomond campaign rebooted as new application lodged

By Lucy Ashton A Green campaign which saw a record 60,000 objections lodged against a Flamingoland development at Loch Lomond has been rebooted after the

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POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

POLICE MESSAGE: Suspicious fire in Dumbarton

Police Scotland is appealing for information following a suspicious fire in Dumbarton. Around 11.25pm on Tuesday, 31 May, 2022, police received a report of a

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CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

CRIME: MURDER HUNT MAY BE CALLED OFF AFTER PRIME SUSPECT FOUND DEAD

By Bill Heaney Pedophile Norman Duncan died suddenly at his home in Vale of Leven last week leading to unconfirmed speculation that he murdered and

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TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

TRIBUTE TO US AMBASSADOR FRANK MEEHAN, WHO HAS DIED AGED 98 AT HIS HOME IN HELENSBURGH

Obituary FRANCIS J MEEHAN, US AMBASSADOR Born: February 14, 1924, East Orange, New Jersey, USA of Scottish parents from Clydebank Died: Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute,

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ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

ScotRail: SNP government optimistic over new 4.2% pay offer

By Bill Heaney Going to the big match at Hampden on Wednesday night? You might just be able to get there by rail but, so

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ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

ABUSE: Five domestic abusers sentenced to 61 years in prison

By Bill Heaney Updated May 31, 2022 “It’s just a domestic,” I would hear them say when I listened into the police radio of an

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COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

COUNCIL: Workers across every council in Scotland on verge of strike action

Unions have said that unless negotiations reopen with a ‘vastly improved offer’ then industrial action looks ‘inevitable’   The unions in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll

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