February 7, 2023 – THE DEMOCRAT

MISSING GIRL: Man arrested in connection with disappearance of girl, aged 11

February 7, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton A huge search operation was launched after the child was reported missing from her home on Sunday night and she was traced

POLITICS: Salmond accuses Sturgeon of adopting ‘daft ideology’ and hits out at ‘absurd’ policy

February 7, 2023 heaneymedia

Nicola Sturgeon’s gender ‘nonsense’ has set Scottish independence back years, says Alex Salmond Hugging no more: Alex Salmond said Scottish nationalists should ‘give up self-identification,

TRADE UNION MEETINGS IN WEST DUNBARTONSHIRE

February 7, 2023 heaneymedia

Teacher strikes to ‘escalate’ as Sturgeon, Swinney and SNP ministers to be personally targeted

February 7, 2023 heaneymedia

They haven’t gone away you know – West Dunbartonshire teachers are determined to make Sturgeon and Swinney sit up and listen to their plea for

RELIGION: Door open for reconciliation and peace in South Sudan as world looks on

February 7, 2023 heaneymedia

By Cameron Brooks The “door is open” to finally sign a stalled peace agreement in South Sudan, the Moderator of the General Assembly of the

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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