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Day: February 5, 2023

SPECIAL REPORT BY CAMERON MCINTYRE: STENHOUSEMUIR 1 DUMBARTON 1

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

MATCH REPORT || DUMBARTON Given that we have just had the annual month of Rabbie Burns celebrations – and that they are still going on

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Omagh bombing: Independent inquiry announced by UK government

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Real IRA bomb that exploded in Co Tyrone killed 29 people Police officers and firefighters inspecting the damage caused by the Omagh Bomb. By Bill

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Council introduces compassionate support for mothers who lose their babies

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Labour councillors Danny Lennie and Michelle McGinty – compassionate support for parents. By Bill Heaney Parents working for West Dunbartonshire Council will be offered compassionate

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MINING: THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THAR ARGYLLSHIRE HILLS

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Phillip Day wants to expand the company and develop “satellite mines” near Cononish. By David Henderson BBC Scotland business correspondent As a four-wheel drive truck

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HOLYROOD MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS DUMBARTON MSP JACKIE BAILLIE

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

Jackie Baillie: I don’t remember Nicola Sturgeon as a feminist and the GRR is all about her legacy   by Margaret Taylor 30 January 2023 Scottish

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SNP have short-changed the NHS by £17.6 billion since coming to power

February 5, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton The SNP have underfunded Scotland’s NHS by a “staggering” £17.6 billion since coming to power, according to analysis of Treasury spending figures

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  • GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME
  • Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes
  • West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event
  • POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP
  • NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH
  • HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

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GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

GINGER COMPANIES WANT MONEY BACK ON BOTTLE RETURN SCHEME

By Lucy Ashton Renewed calls have been made for compensation to be paid to firms hit by the SNP-Greens’ botched Deposit Return Scheme after it

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Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

Faith leaders call for asylum seekers to be given free bus passes

The Rt Rev Sally Foster-Fulton, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and Pinar Aksu, Human Rights and Advocacy Coordinator at MIN.

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West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

West Dunbartonshire gears up for UCI Cycling Worlds with community event

By Lucy Ashton Residents are being encouraged to get on their bikes for a fun-filled weekend of cycling activities in West Dunbartonshire. The Community Cycling

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POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

POLITICS: Boris Johnson sensationally quits as MP

By Kate Devlin Boris Johnson has sensationally announced he is quitting as an MP claiming he is the victim of a Partygate and Brexit witch-hunt.

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NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK: COUNCIL TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ROBBED OF THE TRUTH

NOTEBOOK by BILL HEANEY So, West Dunbartonshire Council’s Labour Group and the SNP are at one, joined at the hip as they say. Labour supporters

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HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

HUNGRY TWENTIES: BAILLIE WARNS THOUSANDS ARE MISSING OUT ON ENERGY SUPPORT

By Lucy Ashton Jackie Baillie has urged thousands of people in Dumbarton, the Vale of Leven, Balloch, Helensburgh and Lomond on prepayment meters to claim

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BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

BOOKS: How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it

REPUBLICANISM Hold Your Hour Maurice Earls June 2023 Donate How am I? If I was any better, I couldn’t stick it. Brendan Behan A personal

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BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

BOOKS: Brendan Behan’s grandmother introduced him to drink as a child

Dublin Review of Books, Issue 152, Newsletter 1 The Dublin Review of Books, including its extensive archive, is free to all. We rely exclusively on readers’

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