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Day: June 4, 2023

OBITUARY/TRIBUTE TO JOSEPH KEELEY

June 4, 2023 heaneymedia

Joseph “Joe”  Keeley, age 81, of Westmont, and formerly of Brucehill, Dumbarton,  passed away peacefully on May 23, 2023, in Naples, Florida. He is survived

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Warning of sunburn risk after just 30 minutes due to UV levels

June 4, 2023 heaneymedia

STV’s Sean Batty predicts that high and rare levels of UV radiation can be expected this week. By Lucy Ashton Scots are being warned that

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Peatland expanded to help National Park become a ‘carbon sink’ for Scotland

June 4, 2023 heaneymedia

Friday, 2nd June (World Peatlands Day) Harvesting peat in West of Scotland and Connemara in Ireland. Then and now. Pictures by Heather Greer and Bill

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‘Shocking and shameful’ cuts to drug and alcohol support services revealed

June 4, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton  The SNP-Green government cut nearly £20 million from the budget given to organisations supporting those with drug and alcohol problems last year,

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INCREASE IN PRISONER NUMBERS ON SUICIDE WATCH CRIES OUT FOR REFORM – CLARK

June 4, 2023 heaneymedia

By Lucy Ashton Scottish Labour has raised the alarm at findings that the number of prisoners placed on suicide or self-harm watch in Scotland has

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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

View this email in your browser Autumn is fully upon us 🍂 October in Edinburgh: the leaves are changing colour, the rain is making reading

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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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POPE LEO’S HEALTH LATEST: A reluctance to speculate among lung disease specialists

POPE LEO’S HEALTH LATEST: A reluctance to speculate among lung disease specialists

by BRENDAN WALSH, Editor of The Tablet religion magazine I’ve been struck by the humility of the many medics I’ve spoken to about Pope Leo’s

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Monty’s Farm Park: MONTY CARDROSS TO MEET SANTA AT ARDARDAN

Monty’s Farm Park: MONTY CARDROSS TO MEET SANTA AT ARDARDAN

MEETING SANTA! A very special part of our Santa’s Elves Workshop is getting to meet the big man himself!  When you arrive, you’ll head into

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