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Day: September 19, 2021

FLOODING: Councillors approve Gruggies Burn Flood Prevention Scheme progress

September 19, 2021 heaneymedia

17 September 2021 By Lucy Ashton A project to prevent flooding in Dumbarton will be progressed following agreement on the most suitable proposal by councillors.

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JOTTINGS BY THE WAY BY THE SHANACHIE

September 19, 2021 heaneymedia

Summer Cinema Pictures by Bill Heaney Summer is not the time for cinema, of any description. Long evenings with lengthening shadows should be savoured before

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ARGYLL and Bute Council to host Education Climage Summit next month

September 19, 2021 heaneymedia

By Aileen MacLennan Schools, voluntary organisations, charities and businesses from across Argyll and Bute will come together next month to host Argyll and Bute Council’s

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HEALTH MATTERS: LABOUR WARNS OF ‘WINTER OF DISCONTENT’ IN SCOTLAND’S NHS 

September 19, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The SNP is risking a ‘winter of discontent’ in Scotland’s NHS, Scottish Labour has warned today. Despite claiming to have been planning

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SOCIAL CARE: Further progress on opening up care homes

September 19, 2021 heaneymedia

15 September Residents can now have safer contact with named visitors during a COVID-19 outbreak By Lucy Ashton New guidance will allow care home residents

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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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