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Day: September 24, 2021

INQUIRY: Parent believes son was given ‘secret drugs’ due to hospital hygiene fears

September 24, 2021 heaneymedia

David Campbell believes  son was given ‘secret’ supply of disease-prevention drugs during treatment for cancer By Democrat reporter The father of a boy being treated

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TOM STEELE: SON OF LOCAL MP BECAME A LEADING JOURNALIST

September 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Tom Steele, who became a leading journalist, was the son of a Labour MP for Dunbartonshire. By Bill Heaney Tributes have been paid this week

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MARIE CURIE: SAD DEATH OF SUSAN MILLAR

September 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Susan Millar (right) with Marie Curie fund-raiser Petra McMillan. By Petra McMillan So sad to hear of the death today of Susan Millar, who just

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FERRET CAMPAIGN: Scottish politicians and academics call for release of Kurdish Iraqi prisoner

September 24, 2021 heaneymedia

By Karin Goodwin in The Ferret September 23, 2021 Scottish politicians and academics at Glasgow University have called on authorities to release a former Glasgow

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SCHOOL SPORTS: WHEN WILL PARENTS BE ALLOWED TO WATCH THEIR CHILDREN TAKING PART?

September 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Picture by Bill Heaney By Bill Heaney When are parents going to be allowed to watch their children taking part in school sports on a

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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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