Skip to content
THE DUMBARTON DEMOCRAT

THE DEMOCRAT

DUNBARTONSHIRE'S DIGITAL NEWSPAPER

  • Home
  • Latest News
    • West Dunbartonshire
    • Balloch
    • Dumbarton
    • Scotland Wide
    • Helensburgh
  • TRAVEL
  • SPORT
  • BOOK REVIEWS
  • SPECIAL FEATURES
  • CONTACT US

Day: December 12, 2021

DRAMA AS POET STEPHEN TALKS DESPERATE YOUNG MAN DOWN FROM THE BRIDGE

December 12, 2021 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Dumbarton poet Stephen Watt was involved in a dramatic incident at the Old Bridge across the River Leven this morning when he

Continue reading

RELIGION: Pope Francis says EU guide discouraging word ‘Christmas’ was an anachronism

December 12, 2021 heaneymedia

Pope Francis speaks during an in-flight press conference on the journey from Athens. Top picture is of Pope Francis meeting the Very Rev John Chalmers,

Continue reading

JOURNALISM: WiJ Scotland’s 2022 mentoring scheme opens with all-star line-up

December 12, 2021 heaneymedia

Laura Kuenssberg; Chitra Ramaswamy; Catherine Salmond; Eve Livingston; Elaine Livingstone; Kathryn Samson; Nicki McCourt and Jan Patience Last year, Women in Journalism Scotland launched its

Continue reading

DEMOCRAT NEWS IN BRIEF

December 12, 2021 heaneymedia

HM the Queen and Council officer Victoria Rodgers, who announced the holiday. By Lucy Ashton Schools in West Dunbartonshire and Council staff will be given

Continue reading

CHARITY: Mary’s Meals founder warns against acceptance of hunger

December 12, 2021 heaneymedia

By Corrie Young Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, founder and Global CEO of Mary’s Meals, has warned against the ‘acceptance of hunger’ at this year’s St Andrew’s Foundation

Continue reading

News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions
  • No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base
  • Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament
  • Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church
  • Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres
  • Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Previously: THE DEMOCRAT

Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

Celtic and Rangers to appeal closed doors sanctions

There were no Rangers fans at Sunday’s Scottish Premiership game at Celtic Park by LUCY ASHTON Celtic and Rangers have appealed against the Scottish FA

Continue reading

No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

No action taken against Iranian man who tried to enter Faslane nuclear base

The 34-year-old had been arrested at HM Naval Base Clyde near Helensburgh, in March. by LUCY ASHTON No action is to be taken against an

Continue reading

Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

Councils underspend their alcohol and drug recovery services budget, Dumbarton MSP tells parliament

by BILL HEANEY Dumbarton’s Reform Party MSP David Smith has asked the Scottish Government, “in light of its commitment to a 16 per cent increase

Continue reading

Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church

Vocations shortage will mean major changes are needed in local Catholic Church

by BILL HEANEY The dramatic scale of the vocations crisis which faces the Catholic Church in the coming years has been revealed in a new

Continue reading

Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

Workers could strike over ‘devastating’ plans to close day care centres

Health and social care chiefs in Glasgow are aiming to save £20m by April 2027 due to ‘increasingly challenging’ funding pressures. Drew Sandelands, Local Democracy

Continue reading

Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Glasgow City Council to fire and rehire over 23,000 employees

Scotland Business Edinburgh, Fife & East Glasgow & West Highlands & Islands NE, Orkney & Shetland South Tayside & Central Alba   Glasgow City Council

Continue reading

ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

ART EXHIBITION: An extraordinary group of inspirational women.

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We were honoured to attend a special Civic Reception hosted by the Right Hon. Lord Provost of Glasgow, alongside renowned

Continue reading

The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

The Wee Coaching Company in Helensburgh: Dyslexia Awareness Week.

The Wee Coaching Company OK, the tea is most definitely spilling now… Over the last week, we have been able to share quite a few

Continue reading

December 2021
M T W T F S S
 12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
« Nov   Jan »

Facebook – Follow Us

  • Facebook

Twitter – Follow Us

  • X
Powered by WordPress.com.
Loading Comments...