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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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  • LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots
  • First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence
  • Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week
  • POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

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Official West Highland Way Week of Action

Official West Highland Way Week of Action

Last month, for the second year running, we delivered another Official West Highland Way Week of Action – a multi-team effort that delivers much-needed maintenance

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CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

CANDLELIGHT CONCERT: Candlelight Christmas Eve concert in Luss Parish Church, Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond Arms A candlelight c 7 pm – 9 pm. The Tessera Quartet plays Christmas classics and music from The Holiday and Love Actually.

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LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

LABOUR PARTY: Guarantee £350 energy bill support for the poorest Scots

by BILL HEANEY Hundreds of thousands of the poorest Scots would get extra support for energy bills this winter under plans published today by Scottish

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First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

First Minister asked to explain Sikh festival post during Remembrance silence

Harriet Cross, Conservative MP, Poppies for Remembrance Day and First Minister John Swinney. by LUCY ASHTON Shadow Scotland Secretary Harriet Cross has written to John

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Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce to take part in the national Safer Business Action Week

by LUCY ASHTON Police Scotland’s Retail Crime Taskforce and a range of key partners are taking part in the national Safer Business Action Week to

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POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

POETRY: ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice

View in your browser ‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice‘Autumn Journal’ by Louis MacNeice Seamus Perry and Mark Ford discuss MacNeice’s 1938 political poem In Autumn

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FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

FASLANE NAVAL BASE COMMANDER JOINS THE LOCAL COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER THE FALLEN

Monday, 9 November 2026 The Helensburgh community came together on Sunday 8 November to honour the nation’s fallen service personnel during the town’s annual Service

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RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

RUSSELL BRAND: ‘Predator with no remorse’ jailed for 10 years for rape and sexual assaults

by Amy-Clare Martin, Tom Barnes and Joe Middleton in THE INDEPENDENT  09 November 2026  Russell Brand has been jailed for more than 10 years after being convicted

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