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: February 1, 2022

RETAIL: Co-op workers win legal argument in equal pay fight

February 1, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Co-op shop floor workers have won a key legal argument in a battle to secure equal pay with warehouse staff. More than

Continue reading

FERRIES: Council to seek views on new Kilcreggan ferry terminals proposals

February 1, 2022 heaneymedia

The PS Waverley to have better terminals at Kilcreggan and Dunoon. Picture by Bill Heaney By Ruth Crosbie Plans for improved ferry terminals at Kilcreggan

Continue reading

Court of Session to hear key trans case on Wednesday this week

February 1, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The Court of Session in Edinburgh will hear arguments in a key trans equality case tomorrow (Wednesday). Scottish Trans, part of LGBTI

Continue reading

Gray report: Boris Johnson brass necks it out/ SNP leader thrown out of Commons/ Starmer says families overcome by rage, grief and guilt

February 1, 2022 heaneymedia

Laura Kuenssberg Political editor BBC Sue Gray’s initial report might be short on detail. But what she makes perfectly clear is that even the bare

Continue reading

SNP GOVERNMENT don’t know if classrooms have air filters and can’t be bothered to find out 

February 1, 2022 heaneymedia

LibDem education spokesperson Willie Rennie and the SNP’s Shirley-Anne Somerville. By Bill Heaney The wind of change that was promised to blow through Scotland’s classrooms

Continue reading

News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • SNP in ‘tremendous mess’ leadership contest, says Mike Russell
  • HEALTH: PRIMARY CARE INVESTIGATION
  • PROTEST: Green’s co-leader Patrick Harvie says an independent Scotland would abolish the monarchy
  • DUMBARTON 1 ALBION ROVERS 5
  • COVID: Jason Leitch says ‘half the country’ didn’t like Sturgeon
  • LEADERSHIP: Ash Regan ‘ready to hit ground running’ if she wins FM race

Previously: THE DEMOCRAT

SNP in ‘tremendous mess’ leadership contest, says Mike Russell

SNP in ‘tremendous mess’ leadership contest, says Mike Russell

SNP President Mike Russell, back in charge. BBC Scotland is reporting that there is “tremendous mess” in the SNP over the party’s leadership race, the

Continue reading

HEALTH: PRIMARY CARE INVESTIGATION

HEALTH: PRIMARY CARE INVESTIGATION

Growing patient lists and unsafe working: patients and doctors speak out from the front lines of primary care Amid rising concerns over heavy patient lists

Continue reading

PROTEST: Green’s co-leader Patrick Harvie says an independent Scotland would abolish the monarchy

PROTEST: Green’s co-leader Patrick Harvie says an independent Scotland would abolish the monarchy

Patrick Harvie slated after confirming he would be protesting against King Charles during Coronation Scottish Green Party co-leader Patrick Harvie The Scottish Greens have announced that

Continue reading

DUMBARTON 1 ALBION ROVERS 5

DUMBARTON 1 ALBION ROVERS 5

It was a day to wear black at the Rock yesterday. Sons had that funereal look about them as they went down 5-1 to Albion

Continue reading

COVID: Jason Leitch says ‘half the country’ didn’t like Sturgeon

COVID: Jason Leitch says ‘half the country’ didn’t like Sturgeon

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and Professor Jason Leitch both played huge roles in governing our lives during the pandemic. In a talk at a church

Continue reading

LEADERSHIP: Ash Regan ‘ready to hit ground running’ if she wins FM race

LEADERSHIP: Ash Regan ‘ready to hit ground running’ if she wins FM race

First Ministerial candidate met with Scotland’s top civil servant to lay out her vision for the country By Democrat reporter SNP leadership contender Ash Regan

Continue reading

FERRIES FIASCO: FERGUSON FINANCE BOSS JUMPS SHIP DURING BONUS ROW

FERRIES FIASCO: FERGUSON FINANCE BOSS JUMPS SHIP DURING BONUS ROW

Ferguson Marine finance boss has quit amid backlash at ‘reprehensible’ bonus payments Chief financial officer George Crookston, who picked up £17,500 in ‘performance-related’ bonus cash,

Continue reading

POLICE: Seven charged with ‘mobbing and rioting’ in Brucehill 

POLICE: Seven charged with ‘mobbing and rioting’ in Brucehill 

Street violence taking place in West Dunbartonshire on Thursday. Seven people accused of mobbing and rioting in Dumbarton are set to appear in court on Monday after

Continue reading

February 2022
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28  
« Jan   Mar »
Powered by WordPress.com.
 

Loading Comments...