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Day: October 24, 2021

A&E: 32% of those attending Emergency Departments have minor ailments

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Top doctors are urging people to only attend A&E if their condition is life-threatening Queen Elizabeth hospital complex and Vale of Leven Hospital, Alexandria. By

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SOCIAL CARE: Care workers protest for £15 per hour wage outside Holyrood

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Care workers, including a delegation from West Dunbartonshire, and the GMB trade union rallied outside the Scottish Parliament on Saturday to call

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ENVIRONMENT: Rally held in George Square to highlight ‘waste crisis’

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Day of action was held on Saturday Calls for the recruitment of 100 new road sweepers and 100 new refuse collectors. STV News is reporting

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FILMS: Brian Cox on Succession’s success: ‘I’ve lost the anonymity I had for more than 50 years’

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

      Brian Cox with his lovely wife Nicole Ansari and Scottish actor Bill Paterson at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Picture by Bill Heaney

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BOOKS: A revealing look inside the fascinating but damaged life of Shane MacGowan 

October 24, 2021 heaneymedia

Richard Balls’ brilliant new biography, A Furious Devotion: The Authorised Story Of Shane MacGowan, blows away some of the myths around Ireland’s greatest songwriter Review

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  • Cole-Hamilton: Clean up the SNP sewage scandal and increase punishments for littering
  • FOODBANK COLLECTION AT RHU AND SHANDON PARISH CHURCH TODAY (SATURDAY)

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Scottish and Welsh elections in May could energise Irish unity debate, says Sinn Féin

Scottish and Welsh elections in May could energise Irish unity debate, says Sinn Féin

Leaders of Plaid Cymru, John Swinney and SNP join talks with SF delegates in Belfast  Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald and vice-president Michelle O’Neill

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SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2 …

SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2 …

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton A fairer, greener Scotland is within reach. The SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2-

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Temporary Traffic Management Order – Kiltwalk Event 2026

Temporary Traffic Management Order – Kiltwalk Event 2026

Famous faces – Sir Tom Hunter and Judy Murray taking part in the Kiltwalk. West Dunbartonshire Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on them

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JACKIE BAILLIE CLAIMS SNP CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR MONEY

JACKIE BAILLIE CLAIMS SNP CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR MONEY

by Lucy Ashton  Labour candidate Jackie Baillie has accused the SNP of leaving “a 20-year trail of broken promises” after analysis revealed that two-thirds of

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Cole-Hamilton: Clean up the SNP sewage scandal and increase punishments for littering

Cole-Hamilton: Clean up the SNP sewage scandal and increase punishments for littering

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today joined a beach clean, where he set out his party’s plans to end the

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FOODBANK COLLECTION AT RHU AND SHANDON PARISH CHURCH TODAY (SATURDAY)

FOODBANK COLLECTION AT RHU AND SHANDON PARISH CHURCH TODAY (SATURDAY)

Rhu & Shandon Parish Church is supporting the Helensburgh & Lomond Foodbank with a collection this Saturday, 25th April, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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PICTURE SPECIAL BY JAMES DUNCAN: Loch Lomond this evening at Duck Bay

PICTURE SPECIAL BY JAMES DUNCAN: Loch Lomond this evening at Duck Bay

Loch Lomond National Park. PICTURE SPECIAL by JAMES DUNCAN

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IT’S ALL HAPPENING IN OLD KILPATRICK

IT’S ALL HAPPENING IN OLD KILPATRICK

Councillor Lauren Oxley SNP Clydebank Waterfront Ward is with Old Kilpatrick Community Council It was great to attend the Old Kilpatrick Community Council public meeting at Old

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