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Day: July 30, 2021

Seventh drowning victim as man dies in hospital

July 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

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New Hospital visiting arrangements for Vale of Leven and Dumbarton Joint

July 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

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

July 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

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

July 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

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ENVIRONMENT: THE SCATOLOGICAL SCANDAL OF SCOTLAND’S FILTHY BEACHES

July 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

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

July 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

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  • Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde
  • DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY
  • Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland
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  • STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met
  • Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

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Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

Major dance festival Terminal V to be held on banks of River Clyde

The festival will be held on the banks of the Clyde next June Electronic music festival Terminal V will be held on the banks of

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DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

DUMBARTON NOTEBOOK BY BILL HEANEY

by BILL HEANEY Whose idea was it to allow the Orange Order to parade down Garvaghy Road in Portadown, Northern Ireland, at the weekend? And

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Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

Young people reveal how adult criminals exploit children to commit crime in Scotland

by LUCY ASHTON A new Scotland-wide campaign has launched a warning that adult criminals are grooming and exploiting children to commit crime, enabling them to

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What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

What next amid tension in Drumcree? It’s complicated …

It may look like Garvaghy Road residents and Sinn Féin are in lock-step. The reality is more complex Mark Hennessy in The Irish Times Tuesday,

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STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

STATS SHOW: Neither the 31-day nor the 62-day cancer treatment standards are being met

Just how bad are the NHS statistics for Public Health in Scotland? Dumbarton’s MSP laid them out for all the world to see following the

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Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

Snooker champion Graeme Dott jailed for sexually abusing children

by LUCY ASHTON Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has been jailed for seven years for sexually abusing children. The 49-year-old subjected a girl and

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LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

LibDems respond to miserable series of health stats

by LUCY ASHTON Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Adam Harley MSP said today that his party will continue to fight to fix the NHS after

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LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDems comment on “damning” Promise report and insists government publish drug deaths stats for care-experienced people

LibDem MSP Duncan Dunlop, who has experience of being in care, Maree Todd, Minister for Children and Labour spokesperson Katherine Sangster by BILL HEANEY Scottish

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