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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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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • BAILLIE RAGES AT HOSPITAL ‘S £6 MILLION BILL FOR SPIN DOCTORS
  • Flamingo Land – the same old planning application dressed up in a new guise
  • MORE FERRY STORIES FROM HOLYROOD AND WILL THERE BE TRAINS FOR THE BIG MATCH
  • SHOCKING FIGURES FOR ASSAULTS ON WOMEN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
  • TRAIN SERVICES HIT THE BUFFERS: No service after 8 pm and Leanne finishes her shift at 10.30 pm
  • NATURE: Save our hedgehogs with ‘hedgehog highways’

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BAILLIE RAGES AT HOSPITAL ‘S £6 MILLION BILL FOR SPIN DOCTORS

BAILLIE RAGES AT HOSPITAL ‘S £6 MILLION BILL FOR SPIN DOCTORS

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has told how an inspection report into NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s flagship hospital shows that SNP neglect has led

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Flamingo Land – the same old planning application dressed up in a new guise

Flamingo Land – the same old planning application dressed up in a new guise

Special report on ‘new’ plans for Flamingo Land by Nick Kempe of  Parkswatch Scotland May 27, 2022 The red lines demarcate the boundaries of the

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MORE FERRY STORIES FROM HOLYROOD AND WILL THERE BE TRAINS FOR THE BIG MATCH

MORE FERRY STORIES FROM HOLYROOD AND WILL THERE BE TRAINS FOR THE BIG MATCH

By Bill Heaney It used to happen at primary school all the time. When the class teacher who was off sick, she was replaced by

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SHOCKING FIGURES FOR ASSAULTS ON WOMEN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT

SHOCKING FIGURES FOR ASSAULTS ON WOMEN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT

By Bill Heaney How safe are women aboard public transport?  Tory Tess White asked transport minister Jenny Gilruth to  provide an update on the consultation

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TRAIN SERVICES HIT THE BUFFERS: No service after 8 pm and Leanne finishes her shift at 10.30 pm

TRAIN SERVICES HIT THE BUFFERS: No service after 8 pm and Leanne finishes her shift at 10.30 pm

By Bill Heaney Across the country, thousands of people are being left out of pocket and are struggling with this week’s rail chaos. There are

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NATURE: Save our hedgehogs with ‘hedgehog highways’

NATURE: Save our hedgehogs with ‘hedgehog highways’

Hedgehogs in Scotland  are in serious trouble. Repeated studies have shown that the nation’s favourite animal is being wiped out.  But there is something we

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ENVIRONMENT: Health Board teams sanitising sustainably

ENVIRONMENT: Health Board teams sanitising sustainably

Sam Atkinson and Bev Knight from Redeem Exchange with a recycling box. By Lucy Ashton A scheme designed to reduce the use of single use

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COST OF LIVING: VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVE £1,200

COST OF LIVING: VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WILL RECEIVE £1,200

By Democrat reporter Almost all of the eight million most vulnerable households across the UK will receive support of at least £1,200 this year, including

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