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Day: December 6, 2021

FAIRYTALE OF NEW YORK: PICTURES BY JULIE GRAHAM

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Dumbarton girls on tour in Big Apple PICTURES BY JULIE GRAHAM  

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Humza Yousaf: Go ahead with Christmas festivities but ‘make them safer’

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Humza says he will not be telling anyone not to invite their granny for dinner Fling open the windaes. People meeting indoors should try to

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Health Board turns to virtual groups to offer support to people with chronic pain

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Madeleine Pollitt, 55, is originally from Australia. She has had chronic pain for some 30 years, after extensive surgery when she almost lost her leg.

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HM NAVAL BASE CLYDE HAS A NEW BASE WARRANT OFFICER

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WO1 Mannucci hands over the role of Base Warrant Officer to WO1 Rennie. By Lucy Ashton HMS Neptune, the shore-establishment at HM Naval Base Clyde,

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Journalists are lavishly shameless individuals, across all titles, without exception.

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The princes and the press have a true ‘special relationship’ – only one side thinks it’s real The Earl and Duchess of Dumbarton – the

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FOSTERING: TIME TO INCREASE ALLOWANCES TO FOSTER PARENTS

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Monday, 6th December 2021 Scrooge-like SNP councils have been accused of ‘failing our most vulnerable children’ by foster care workers, who want an increase in

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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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