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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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  • ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON
  • Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

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FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …

FIRST COMMUNION SEASON IS HERE …
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 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

 The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families

The Weekender Returns for 2026 – Subsidised Places Open for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families Young people aged 14 – 17 are invited to

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Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

Journalists ‘banned’ from John Swinney election count floor by SNP-run council …

The NUJ has criticised restrictions imposed on journalists, stopping them from accurately covering the count Perth and Kinross Council has restricted journalists from covering the

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Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

Help us to develop our Draft Strategy for Palliative Care and Care around Dying

by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC), in partnership with local HSCPs and Hospices, has been working on the development of a draft

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ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

ELECTION: JACKIE BAILLIE IN SEVENTH HEAVEN AS SHE WINS DUMBARTON

And Marie McNair keeps the SNP happy in Clydebank … by Bill Heaney Jackie Baillie was in seventh heaven tonight. The tears Jackie had shed

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Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

Cheers for mum crossing the finish line at the Royal Hospital for Children …

by Lucy Ashton One year ago, five-year-old Lachie Macdonald received life-saving cardiac surgery at the Royal Hospital for Children, which takes patients from West Dunbartonshire

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BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

BOOKS: A surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth century Ulster

Society Unholy Thoughts A skilful excavation of the ‘Presbyterian archive’ has produced a surprising and captivating history of Presbyterian life in eighteenth-century Ulster, a veritable

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LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

LOUISE AND MARTYN COMPLETE LONDON MARATHON FOR ST MARGARET’S HOSPICE

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice We are incredibly proud to shine a spotlight on Martyn McGinlay and Louise McGinlay, two amazing supporters who recently completed

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