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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.

September 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

September 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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

September 30, 2021 heaneymedia

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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  • RELIGION: Church of Scotland approves scheme to conduct same-sex marriages
  • TOURISM: HOSPITALITY STAFF SHORTAGES ACROSS FAVOURITE SUMMER RESORTS
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COVID 19: Sturgeon announced she was suffering from mild symptoms with the virus on Friday

COVID 19: Sturgeon announced she was suffering from mild symptoms with the virus on Friday

Monday 23 May 2022  By Lucy Ashton Nicola Sturgeon has said Covid-19 has “knocked me for six” after testing positive on Friday. Scotland’s First Minister

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Carol Kirkwood: BBC weather presenter reveals engagement live on air

Carol Kirkwood: BBC weather presenter reveals engagement live on air

BBC weather presenter Carol Kirkwood has revealed that she is engaged live on air. Her eagle-eyed colleague Sally Nugent spotted Kirkwood’s “giant rock” engagement ring

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POLITICS: Sue Gray finalising report on Downing Street events during lockdown

POLITICS: Sue Gray finalising report on Downing Street events during lockdown

Sue Gray’s report is expected to be critical of a drinking culture in Number 10. By Bill Heaney It’s hard hat time for Prime Minister

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RELIGION: Church of Scotland approves scheme to conduct same-sex marriages

RELIGION: Church of Scotland approves scheme to conduct same-sex marriages

May 23, 2022 By Cameron Brooks An historic vote has taken place which will allow some Church of Scotland ministers and deacons to marry same-sex

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TOURISM: HOSPITALITY STAFF SHORTAGES ACROSS FAVOURITE SUMMER RESORTS

TOURISM: HOSPITALITY STAFF SHORTAGES ACROSS FAVOURITE SUMMER RESORTS

The way we were – Helensburgh in the 1950s when tourists and day visitors flocked in their thousands to the old town. Picture from Robert

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BLUES BEST BAR NONE AS CITY PIP LIVERPOOL FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE

BLUES BEST BAR NONE AS  CITY PIP LIVERPOOL FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE

PICTURE SPECIAL BY BILL HEANEY OF THE DEMOCRAT Manchester City retain Premier League crown after stunning comeback David Hytner reports for The Guardian from the

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Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Ukraine rules out ceasefire as fighting intensifies in Donbas

Polish president Duda to address Ukrainian parliament as Russian wages offensive in Luhansk By news agency reporters Ukraine ruled out a ceasefire or concessions to Moscow

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LEISURE: Cross Country Event in Balloch Park

LEISURE: Cross Country Event in Balloch Park

West Dunbartonshire  Leisure Staff were in a happy mood after yesterday’s Cross Country Event in Balloch. Where over 800 young people from our communities across

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