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 3, 2023

SO THAT WAS CHRISTMAS: SCROOGE HADN’T A LOOK IN: TOTAL BALLS UP AROUND HERE (updated)

January 3, 2023 heaneymedia

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY Ho Ho Ho Hold the front page. Christmas is no laughing matter in West Dunbartonshire. Not if you would like to

Continue reading

RELIGION: Diocesan Administrator elected for Dunkeld Diocese

January 3, 2023 heaneymedia

Canon Golden elected to succeed Bishop Robson at Dunkeld By Peter Kearney On January 2, 2023, in accordance with the canons of the Code of

Continue reading

RAILWAYS: ScotRail warns of five days of strike disruption

January 3, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Rail passengers in Scotland are facing another five days of disruption this week as Network Rail workers strike. The UK-wide industrial action

Continue reading

Railway cleaners have launched their first national strike in disputes over issues including pay

January 3, 2023 heaneymedia

Contracted out staff are the latest to walk out on Britain’s railways in industrial action LNER is among the firms affected. By Lucy Ashton Railway

Continue reading

Public toilet numbers collapse after 15 years of SNP under-funding

January 3, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The number of public conveniences in West Dunbartonshire, South Argyll and Loch Lomondside has plummeted in recent years. This greatly needed public

Continue reading

MENTAL HEALTH: Alarming number of people going missing from hospitals

January 3, 2023 heaneymedia

By Bill Heaney The “alarming” number of people who have been reported missing from NHS grounds can be revealed today by the Scottish Conservatives. The

Continue reading

News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

Recent Posts

  • SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS
  • Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …
  • HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE
  • SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …
  • Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’
  • PRIEST AWARDED ANNUAL ITALIAN SCOTLAND MEDAL

Previously: THE DEMOCRAT

SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS

SWINNEY MUST APOLOGISE FOR ‘DISGRACEFUL’ QEUH WITCH HUNT REMARKS

First Minister John Swinney, Dumbarton MSP Jackie Baillie, and Bob Doris MSP for Maryhill. by Bill Heaney First Minister John Swinney has been told he

Continue reading

Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …

Innovative heart failure treatment proves transformative for patients …

by Lucy Ashton A new heart failure treatment could allow patients to return home from hospital days earlier than expected, a UK-wide trial has found.

Continue reading

HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE

HELENSBURGH MAN’S HOSPITAL ORDEAL ‘SHOWS WHY GOVERNMENT MUST PRIORITISE SOCIAL CARE,’ SAYS DAME JACKIE BAILLIE

by Lucy Ashton Dame Jackie Baillie, the newly elected Labour MSP for Dumbarton constituency, has called on the Scottish Government to urgently tackle the social

Continue reading

SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …

SCOTLAND CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY …

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde celebrates nurses for International Nurses Day by Lucy Ashton NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is marking International Nurses Day by

Continue reading

Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’

Streeting ‘preparing to resign and trigger leadership contest tomorrow’

by Independent political correspondent Millie Cooke  Wes Streeting has reportedly told allies that he is preparing to resign and trigger a leadership contest as soon

Continue reading

PRIEST AWARDED ANNUAL ITALIAN SCOTLAND MEDAL

PRIEST AWARDED ANNUAL ITALIAN SCOTLAND MEDAL

Congratulations to Fr Eugenio Montesi, who has been awarded the annual Italian Scotland Medal in recognition of his decades of care and support for the

Continue reading

POLITICS: HOW THE LIST SYSTEM WORKS AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

POLITICS: HOW THE LIST SYSTEM WORKS AT SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

by Kyle Renton This group of newly elected MSPs did not march into Holyrood because Scottish communities overwhelmingly chose them. They were put there through

Continue reading

Trump brushes off Iran war’s cost at home …

Trump brushes off Iran war’s cost at home …

‘I don’t think about the American financial situation,’ says the US President The president’s stunning admission comes as Americans struggle with surging inflation and record

Continue reading

January 2023
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031  
« Dec   Feb »

Facebook – Follow Us

  • Facebook

Twitter – Follow Us

  • X
Powered by WordPress.com.

Loading Comments...