By Islay McColl A Labour-controlled council initiative offering free swimming and gym access to children and young people across West Dunbartonshire has been hailed a
Month: August 2022
Ryan Giggs trial: Jury discharged after failing to reach verdicts
BBC national news is reporting that the jury in the trial of former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been discharged after failing to reach
EDINBURGH BOOK FESTIVAL NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY
The cast of Good Grief! had plenty to smile about at the Book Festival. Picture by Bill Heaney The rubbish has thankfully gone from
JOURNALISM: PAY TALKS BETWEEN THE NUJ AND REACH BREAK DOWN
Reach – publishers of the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Dumbarton Lennox Herald – this week offered a 3 per cent/£750 increase to journhalists, which
NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY
Helensburgh in the old days when visitors flocked there on high days and holidays. Plans to turn the site of the old open-air swimming pool
DOMESTIC ABUSE: The number of cases locally usually soars to new levels on Old Firm match day
By Islay McColl Pam Gosal MSP has started the process at Holyrood to create a domestic abuse register in Scotland, where West Dunbartonshire has the