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: January 2, 2023

Scottish Ambulance Service spends over 1,700 hours dealing with malicious calls

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has warned malicious calls to the Scottish Ambulance Service are putting lives at risk

Continue reading

POLITICS: MP has SNP whip restored following misconduct ban

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The falling apart SNP has restored the whip to Glasgow MP Patrick Grady following a suspension for making a sexual advance to

Continue reading

FESTIVE POEM: STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening BY ROBERT FROST Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He

Continue reading

ALBION ROVERS 0 DUMBARTON 1: SCORER ALLY LOVE

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

SONS PICTURES BY JON LEINO Albion Rovers 0-1 Dumbarton Albion Rovers lost out 1-0 to league leaders Dumbarton on Saturday afternoon, with a goal from

Continue reading

NHS EMERGENCY: Sturgeon urged to recall parliament to debate crisis

January 2, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The Scottish Conservatives have demanded a recall of parliament this week to debate the escalating crisis in Scotland’s NHS. Shadow health secretary

Continue reading

News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • Kirk Moderator embarks on unprecedented ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan
  • Ash Regan says NO biological males should be placed in female prisons
  • Prison Service halts movement of trans inmates to women-only jails
  • TAXI FOR NADHIM: Zahawi sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs row
  • Holocaust Memorial Day in West Dunbartonshire
  • HEALTH: Doctor recognised with lifetime achievement award 

Previously: THE DEMOCRAT

Kirk Moderator embarks on unprecedented ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan

Kirk Moderator embarks on unprecedented ecumenical pilgrimage of peace to South Sudan

By Cameron Brooks  The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland is visiting South Sudan with Pope Francis and the Archbishop of

Continue reading

Ash Regan says NO biological males should be placed in female prisons

Ash Regan says NO biological males should be placed in female prisons

All cases should be reviewed to protect the safety rights of female inmates SNP MSP Ash Regan said the policy has to protect women. By

Continue reading

Prison Service halts movement of trans inmates to women-only jails

Prison Service halts movement of trans inmates to women-only jails

The Scottish Daily Express is reporting that the Scottish Prison Service has halted the movement of transgender prisoners to the female estate. The body has

Continue reading

TAXI FOR NADHIM: Zahawi sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs row

TAXI FOR NADHIM: Zahawi sacked as Tory chairman over tax affairs row

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said it was “clear that there has been a serious breach of the ministerial code”, but Mr Zahawi made no apology

Continue reading

Holocaust Memorial Day in West Dunbartonshire

Holocaust Memorial Day in West Dunbartonshire

Published 27 January 2023 Provost Douglas McAllister today led councillors, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, official and West Dunbartonshire residents in sombre remembrance at a flag-raising

Continue reading

HEALTH: Doctor recognised with lifetime achievement award 

HEALTH: Doctor recognised with lifetime achievement award 

By Democrat reporter A doctor from the Royal Hospital for Children in Glasgow has been recognised with a prestigious award for his work in developing

Continue reading

Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

Jailing of trans rapist Isla Bryson is ‘shambles’, says prison chief

Isla Bryson was convicted of the rapes of two women which were said to have been carried out before she changed gender. By Lucy Ashton

Continue reading

PETRIE HEADS ITALIAN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS TAKING COURT ACTION ON PAY

PETRIE HEADS ITALIAN UNIVERSITY LECTURERS TAKING COURT ACTION ON PAY

By Lucy Ashton The European Commission is threatening to take Italy before the Court of Justice of the European Union in two months should Italy

Continue reading

January 2023
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
« Dec    
Powered by WordPress.com.
 

Loading Comments...