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Day: May 18, 2022

SPORT: GERS SUPPORTERS SUFFER IN SEVILLE SOCCER SHOCKER

May 18, 2022 heaneymedia

PICTURES BY BILL HEANEY Rangers were pipped at the post when they lost on penalties after extra time in Seville last night. The fans’ dreams

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FERRIES: SNP Finance Secretary Katie Forbes appears unfazed by questions over delivery dates

May 18, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney  When will the  Scottish Government provide an update on the anticipated delivery date of the ferries under construction at Ferguson Marine, in

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FOODBANK MADE TO COMPENSATE WORKERS FOR UNFAIR DISMISSAL

May 18, 2022 heaneymedia

A Dumbarton food bank has complained bitterly  at being forced to pay £8000 in compensation to a former worker “during the worst cost of living

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SEVILLE: Rangers in Seville: Boys want win for grandad Walter Smith

May 18, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Helensburgh and Dumbarton were well represented amongst tens of thousands of Rangers fans in Seville including the grandsons of club legend Walter

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HEALTH: BAILLIE CALLS ON CABINET SECRETARY TO SORT A&E CRISIS

May 18, 2022 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has demanded Humza Yousaf steps in to sort out the A&E crisis which saw less than two thirds of people

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POLITICS: SCOTTISH LABOUR NAMES ITS TEAM TO RUN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE COUNCIL

May 18, 2022 heaneymedia

Provost Douglas McAllister; Council leader Cllr Martin Rooney and Cllr Michelle McGinty. By Bill Heaney The Scottish Labour  Party councillor Douglas McAllister from the Kilpatrick

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CRIME: Co-op boss warns of shoplifting ‘anarchy’

CRIME: Co-op boss warns of shoplifting ‘anarchy’

By Bill Heaney The Co-op had stores everywhere in West Dunbartonshire – Dumbarton Equitable Co-operative Society, Valeco, Helensburgh and Clydebank Co-op for a start –

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JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

JOURNALISM: TENTH BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR THE IRISH VOICE

By PETER DIAMOND THE Irish Voice was treated to an evening reception at the Irish Consulate in Edinburgh to celebrate the newspaper’s 10th anniversary. On

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Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election    

Conservatives beat SNP in Girvan by-election     

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have won the Girvan and South Carrick by–election, gaining the seat from the SNP.   South Ayrshire resident Alan Lamont becomes

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School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

School strikes to go ahead as union rejects demand to return to work immediately

By Lucy Ashton Strikes that will close schools across Scotland are set to go ahead after UNISON unsurprisingly rejected a new pay deal which the

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DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

DENTAL CHARGES: Dependent on overall treatment plans

By Bill Heaney Getting a straight answer to a question in the Scottish Parliament can often be like pulling teeth. And so it was when

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PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

PARLIAMENT: WILL THERE BE A COUNCIL TAX HIKE?

Deputy First Minister Shona Robison and Labour leader Anas Sarwar By Bill Heaney The consultation on the council tax multiplier is looking at how we

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HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

HEALTH: Celebrating 10 years of my kidney transplant 

Lynn Smith discovered that she had kidney failure two years after giving birth to her now 17-year-old daughter, Erin. Five years later she had a

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Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Cost of a bottle of whisky to soar to £18.20

Price of drink up again as SNP roll out a 65p minimum unit price The Scottish Government wants to ‘hit responsible drinkers during a cost-of-living

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