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Day: August 23, 2022

Dirty Day Five: Edinburgh’s mess is piling up, and so is Scotland’s 

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney While First Minister Nicola Sturgeon continues to look the other way, Edinburgh enters its fifth day of bin strikes,. Deeply concerned about

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JOURNALISM: Support the Reach strike at Lennox, Record and Sunday Mail

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

Journalists at Reach, the national newspaper company which owns The Dumbarton Lennox Herald, Daily Record and Sunday Mail, have rejected an offer of 3 per

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Jagtar Singh Johal: Dumbarton family astonished by Secret Service tip-off claim

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

Jagtar Singh Johal (pictured right with his brother Gurpreet) has been held in India since November 2017. Picture credit Gurpreet Johal By Bill Heaney BBC

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JOURNALISM: The Herald appoints Catherine Salmond as first female editor

August 23, 2022 heaneymedia

Catherine Salmond is currently editor of The Scotland on Sunday The Herald newspaper in Glasgow has appointed Catherine Salmond as the first female editor in

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  • SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2 …
  • Temporary Traffic Management Order – Kiltwalk Event 2026
  • JACKIE BAILLIE CLAIMS SNP CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR MONEY
  • Cole-Hamilton: Clean up the SNP sewage scandal and increase punishments for littering
  • FOODBANK COLLECTION AT RHU AND SHANDON PARISH CHURCH TODAY (SATURDAY)
  • PICTURE SPECIAL BY JAMES DUNCAN: Loch Lomond this evening at Duck Bay

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SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2 …

SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2 …

Sophie Traynor SNP for Dumbarton A fairer, greener Scotland is within reach. The SNP has set out plans to cap bus fares at just £2-

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Temporary Traffic Management Order – Kiltwalk Event 2026

Temporary Traffic Management Order – Kiltwalk Event 2026

Famous faces – Sir Tom Hunter and Judy Murray taking part in the Kiltwalk. West Dunbartonshire Council, in exercise of the powers conferred on them

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JACKIE BAILLIE CLAIMS SNP CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR MONEY

JACKIE BAILLIE CLAIMS SNP CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH YOUR MONEY

by Lucy Ashton  Labour candidate Jackie Baillie has accused the SNP of leaving “a 20-year trail of broken promises” after analysis revealed that two-thirds of

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Cole-Hamilton: Clean up the SNP sewage scandal and increase punishments for littering

Cole-Hamilton: Clean up the SNP sewage scandal and increase punishments for littering

by Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today joined a beach clean, where he set out his party’s plans to end the

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FOODBANK COLLECTION AT RHU AND SHANDON PARISH CHURCH TODAY (SATURDAY)

FOODBANK COLLECTION AT RHU AND SHANDON PARISH CHURCH TODAY (SATURDAY)

Rhu & Shandon Parish Church is supporting the Helensburgh & Lomond Foodbank with a collection this Saturday, 25th April, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

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PICTURE SPECIAL BY JAMES DUNCAN: Loch Lomond this evening at Duck Bay

PICTURE SPECIAL BY JAMES DUNCAN: Loch Lomond this evening at Duck Bay

Loch Lomond National Park. PICTURE SPECIAL by JAMES DUNCAN

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IT’S ALL HAPPENING IN OLD KILPATRICK

IT’S ALL HAPPENING IN OLD KILPATRICK

Councillor Lauren Oxley SNP Clydebank Waterfront Ward is with Old Kilpatrick Community Council It was great to attend the Old Kilpatrick Community Council public meeting at Old

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Wishing Our Amazing Runners and Walkers the Best of Luck this weekend

Wishing Our Amazing Runners and Walkers the Best of Luck this weekend

St Margaret of Scotland Hospice Wishing Our Amazing Runners and Walkers the Best of Luck this weekend. This weekend, we have an incredible group of

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