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Day: August 7, 2021

HEATING AND COOKING: Energy bills are set to boil over the top

August 7, 2021 heaneymedia

6 August, 2021 Price hikes will send heating and cooking bills through the roof. By Bill Heaney The days of a shilling for the leccy

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PARLIAMENT: Bid to change law to tackle fly-tipping

August 7, 2021 heaneymedia

Proposed legislation would seek to increase fines and make offenders liable for fly-tipping The legislation is being brought forward by Scottish Conservative MSP Murdo Fraser.

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WEATHER: Thunderstorms continue to bring downpours and flooding risk

August 7, 2021 heaneymedia

The Met Office has issued a yellow thunderstorm warning this weekend A wee bit blowy for Jane and Rebecca at Oban Harbour. Picture by Bill

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POLICE: Appeal to trace missing man John Smith

August 7, 2021 heaneymedia

Police Scotland is appealing for the help of the public to trace John Smith who has been reported missing. The 84-year-old, who is from Nottingham,

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DRINKS INDUSTRY: Dream job as Isle of Harris Distillers search for staff

August 7, 2021 heaneymedia

The distillery, which is home to the award-winning Isle of Harris gin and ‘The Hearach’ single malt, is looking for new staff By Rosalind Erskine

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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

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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