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Day: January 20, 2022

POLITICS: GIRD YOUR LOINS FOR MORE BUDGET CUTS FROM THE SNP

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney West Dunbartonshire Council’s SNP group leader is being hamstrung by his Nationalist colleagues in Edinburgh when it comes to finance for hard-pressed

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Sprain, strain or suspected fracture at the gym? Avoid A&E queues and book with MIU

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

As the annual drive to get fitter and healthier in the New Year is well underway, the Health Board is advising anyone who has a

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More than £16m lost in Covid fraud and errors

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

Responding to comments from Auditor General Stephen Boyle to the Public Audit Committee that “somewhere between £16 million and £32 million” of the money committed

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POLITICS: Tories who want Boris to resign ‘facing intimidation and blackmail’ and should contact police, MP says

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

MPs who are, or assumed to be wanting to oust the PM, have been threatened with having funding for projects in their constituencies pulled, a

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SNP/GREENS INSIST NEW FIRE ALARM LEGISLATION COMES INTO FORCE IN FEBRUARY

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

The Democrat’s Bill Heaney with Sarah Boyack and Housing Minister Shona Robison. By Bill Heaney Every household in West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute, which

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RELIGION: Report faults retired Pope Benedict XVI for handling of sexual abuse cases

January 20, 2022 heaneymedia

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI sits in St. Peter’s Basilica as he attends the ceremony marking the start of the Holy Year.  A long-awaited report on

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Recent Posts

  • FESTIVAL: Spectacular 30th edition of Celtic Connections draws to a close
  • POLICE: Out of 4,280 complaints against police, just 63 led to action
  • EDUCATION: Gold star for St Ronan’s Early Learning and Childcare Centre
  • SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1
  • Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government
  • Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

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FESTIVAL: Spectacular 30th edition of Celtic Connections draws to a close

FESTIVAL: Spectacular 30th edition of Celtic Connections draws to a close

Blue Rose Code in full flight at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. By Liam O’Heanai Europe’s premier folk, roots and world music festival Celtic Connections drew to a

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POLICE: Out of 4,280 complaints against police, just 63 led to action

POLICE: Out of 4,280 complaints against police, just 63 led to action

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader and former police officer Wendy Chamberlain has today called for Police Scotland to offer reassurances about the

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EDUCATION: Gold star for St Ronan’s Early Learning and Childcare Centre

EDUCATION: Gold star for St Ronan’s Early Learning and Childcare Centre

Labour councillors John Millar and Clare Steel with staff and pupils at St Ronan’s. By Alex Smart Staff and children at St Ronan’s Early Learning

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SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1

SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1

MATCH REPORT || DUMBARTON Given that we have just had the annual month of Rabbie Burns celebrations – and that they are still going on

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Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government

Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government

Real IRA bomb that exploded in Co Tyrone killed 29 people Police officers and firefighters inspecting the damage caused by the Omagh Bomb. By Bill

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Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

Labour councillors Danny Lennie and Michelle McGinty – compassionate support for parents. By Bill Heaney Parents working for West Dunbartonshire Council will be offered compassionate

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MINING: THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR ARGYLLSHIRE HILLS

MINING: THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR ARGYLLSHIRE HILLS

Phillip Day wants to expand the company and develop “satellite mines” near Cononish. By David Henderson BBC Scotland business correspondent As a four-wheel drive truck

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HOLYROOD MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DUMBARTON MSP JACKIE BAILLIE

HOLYROOD MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DUMBARTON MSP JACKIE BAILLIE

Jackie Baillie: I don’t remember Nicola Sturgeon as a feminist and the GRR is all about her legacy   by Margaret Taylor 30 January 2023 Scottish

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