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Day: January 31, 2023

Students encouraged to get vaccinations as semesters resume

January 31, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Students across West Dunbartonshire and Argyll and Bute are being encouraged to get themselves protected against infectious diseases such as meningitis, measles

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Police attend just 60 per cent of anti-social behaviour call-outs

January 31, 2023 heaneymedia

Troublemakers are getting away with causing near riots as Police Scotland are failing to attend 60 per cent of anti-social behaviour call-outs. According to new

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INVESTIGATION: Housing company accused of ‘re-traumatising’ asylum seekers

January 31, 2023 heaneymedia

Karin Goodwin in The Ferret The housing company charged with accommodating asylum seekers in Scotland has been accused of “re-traumatising” the people it is meant

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NATURE: Beaver family complete move to Loch Lomond

January 31, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton A family of beavers has been moved to Loch Lomond as part of efforts to boost biodiversity. It is only the third

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MEDIA: MPs report calls for changes to funding of local news

January 31, 2023 heaneymedia

SCOTTISH MEDIA REVIEW by HAMISH MACKAY MPs report calls for changes to funding of local news A major new report from MPs serving on the

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RELIGION: We are called to live with humility and justice

January 31, 2023 heaneymedia

CANON GERRY CONROY I was recently reading a review of a popular and multi award-winning drama series on television. The series ends with the exchange

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News, opinion and pictures from West Dunbartonshire.

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  • Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery
  • Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond
  • YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE
  • Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition
  • Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme
  • October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

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Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

Pope Leo X1V discharged from hospital days after lung cancer surgery

By Sarah Rainsford Southern and Eastern Europe correspondent. Reporting from Rome 17 October 2026, 13:37 BST Updated 1 hour ago Pope Leo XIV has been discharged

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Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

Boy, 16, and 80-year-old man die in light aircraft crash at Drymen, near Loch Lomond

The light aircraft crashed a few miles north east of Drymen near Stirling by Claire Diamond BBC Scotland News 17 October 2026 A 16-year-old boy

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YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

YER HAVING A LAUGH. NO WONDER OUR COUNCIL TAX IS EXTORIONATE

Nice to see someone has kept their sense of humour in the trying circumstances in which the people at the end of the phone are

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Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

Edinburgh Book Festival E-news: 16 October 2026 edition

October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading indoors feel like an especially good idea, and – at the Book

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Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Celtic Connections reveals 2027 festival programme

Musicians from over 20 countries will perform at this year’s festival by Liam O’Heanai A tribute to the Beatles, a takeover of the Kelvingrove Art

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October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

October progress on the roadworks at The Milton, near Dumbarton, which look nearly complete now

Pix by Pedro

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HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

HELENSBURGH SAYS NO! Controversial supermarket plan for waterfront rejected

Locals said the new supermarket would affect the town’s character and was not needed 15 October 2026 by Bill Heaney A controversial plan to site

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INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

INVESTIGATION: WHY PLANNING APPLICATION FOR TRACK TO HONEYPOT FARM AT GARTOCHARN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN

parkswatchscotland by Nick Kempe An application for planning permission to the Loch Lomond Park Authority for a new access track to Honeypot Farm and Honeywagon

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