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Day: September 30, 2021

ENTERTAINMENT: World’s biggest pantomime heading here this Christmas

September 30, 2021 heaneymedia

Travelling performance of Wizard of Oz will star Matt Baker and Jenny Ryan Show: World’s biggest pantomime heading to Glasgow and Aberdeen. Top picture is

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VACCINE PASSPORTS: Night clubs who fail to comply placed at risk of prosecution as they would be committing a criminal offence.

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By Lucy Ashton The vaccine passport scheme will legally come into effect at 5am on Friday after a court refused a bid by nightclub bosses

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HISTORY: The Tsar and the Bonnie Banks.

September 30, 2021 heaneymedia

In March 1854, during the Crimean War, the Dumbarton Herald printed a letter from a Paisley man who recollected an incident from his youth. Around

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BIRDS: HERON PICTURED BY JOE PORTER AND HEATHER GREER

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GUY FAWKES NIGHT FIREWORKS CANCELLED BY WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL

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Published 30 September 2021 By Lucy Ashton West Dunbartonshire councillors have agreed to cancel fireworks events in Dumbarton and Dalmuir in November following the introduction

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DOWN MEMORY LANE

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I wrote about these two guys many a time when I was just a junior reporter. They are Matt Clifford, left, and Tom Bilsland. Matt

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  • NO ACTION SINCE GRENFELL MEANS WORK HAS CEASED ON CLADDING
  • Digital culture is causing widespread harm to children and childhood
  • PUDSEY BEAR SAILED INTO RHU FOR CHILDREN IN NEED
  • PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS STUCK IN HOSPITAL FOR YEARS ON END
  • Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies.

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WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? WDC CARERS VOTE ON STRIKES OVER ‘HARSH AND UNFAIR’ ROTAS

WHO CARES FOR THE CARERS? WDC CARERS VOTE ON STRIKES OVER ‘HARSH AND UNFAIR’ ROTAS

Industrial action looms in frontline care as GMB Scotland ballots members by Bill Heaney Home care workers in West Dunbartonshire will vote on strikes after

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NO ACTION SINCE GRENFELL MEANS WORK HAS CEASED ON CLADDING

NO ACTION SINCE GRENFELL MEANS WORK HAS CEASED ON CLADDING

by Bill Heaney At First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP challenged John Swinney over the SNP’s miserable progress in tackling dangerous

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Digital culture is causing widespread harm to children and childhood

Digital culture is causing widespread harm to children and childhood

by Bill Heaney The UK Government’s move to restrict social media for under 16s and tackle live streaming and stranger contact is a welcome indication

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PUDSEY BEAR SAILED INTO RHU FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

PUDSEY BEAR SAILED INTO RHU FOR CHILDREN IN NEED

The iconic mascot of BBC Children in Need, has embarked on his first-ever round-Britain voyage this summer, and Rhu was amongst the stops on an

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PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS STUCK IN HOSPITAL FOR YEARS ON END

PATIENTS WITH COMPLEX NEEDS STUCK IN HOSPITAL FOR YEARS ON END

by Bill Heaney People with learning disabilities and complex needs are being “abandoned”, Scottish Labour has warned, as hospital waits of over six years are

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Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies.

Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies.

Liv Dawn at The Helix Park and the Kelpies WOWEE, we had such a fun time supporting The Kooks at Helix Park. Plus, the sun was

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Community Council Elections

Community Council Elections

Please stand for your community council Community councillors represent their community in lots of different ways. They are consulted by the Council and they can

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Irish pub granted licence change despite complaints over ‘deafening’ noise

Irish pub granted licence change despite complaints over ‘deafening’ noise

by Bill Heaney A popular Irish pub in Glasgow city centre has been granted changes to its alcohol licence after an objector claimed music from

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